Proverbs 21:13:1Prov.21.13.W1TAB
אֹטֵ֣ם
otem
“who shuts”
- Transliteration
- o-TEM
- Extended
- oh-TEEM
- IPA
- /ʔoˈteːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- who shuts
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-TEM
- clause
o-TEM a-ze-NO miz-ZA-a-KAT-DAL
- sentence
o-TEM a-ze-NO miz-ZA-a-KAT-DAL gam-HU yik-RA ve-LO ye-a-NE
Exegesis
The verse begins with the Qal-participle otem {אֹטֵם | ʼōtēm} ‘one who shuts’, forming the protasis of a conditional.
Root and etymology
ʼ-t-maleph–tet–mem
“to shut, close tightly”
In context — Proverbs 21:13
Whoever shuts his ear to the cry of the poor , he also will call out and not be answered .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 21:13, so the Hebrew word אֹטֵ֣ם (otem) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.21.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.13.W1.S1) and character.