Proverbs 21:17:2Prov.21.17.W2TAB
מַ֭חְסוֹר
makhsor
“of lack”
- Transliteration
- makh-SOR
- Extended
- makh-SOHR
- IPA
- /max.ˈsoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- of lack
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
makh-SOR
- clause
ISH makh-SOR o-HEV sim-KHA
- sentence
ISH makh-SOR o-HEV sim-KHA o-HEV ya-yin-va-SHE-men LO ya-a-SHIR
Exegesis
The construct ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ and machsor {מַחְסוֹר | maḥsôr} ‘poverty’ form a genitive phrase “man of poverty.”
Root and etymology
RootChet Samekh Resh
“to lack, be deficient”
In context — Proverbs 21:17
Whoever loves pleasure will be a man of poverty; whoever loves wine and oil will not become rich .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 21:17, so the Hebrew word מַ֭חְסוֹר (makhsor) 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.21.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.17.W2.S1) and character.