Proverbs 21:19:5Prov.21.19.W5TAB
מדונים
madonim
“quarrels”
- Transliteration
- ma-do-NIM
- Extended
- mah-doh-NEEM
- IPA
- /ma.doˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- quarrels
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ma-do-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
ma-do-NIM mi-de-ya-NIM va-KHA-as
- clause
me-E-SHET ma-do-NIM mi-de-ya-NIM va-KHA-as
- sentence
TOV SHE-vet be-E-rets-mi-de-BAR me-E-SHET ma-do-NIM mi-de-ya-NIM va-KHA-as
Exegesis
Medonim {מְדוֹנִ֣ים | me-do-nîm} and midyanim {מִדְיָנִ֣ים | mid-yā-nîm} form a coordinated intensification of complaints and quarrels, and the vav-conjoined waqaʾas {וָכָֽעַס | wā-qā-ʾas} adds anger to complete the escalation. Hebrew’s concise comparative-to-first structure and coordinated nouns heighten the proverb’s rhetorical impact, rendered in English by preserving the to–than pattern formally and by more natural phrasing dynamically.
Root and etymology
d-n-ndalet–nun–nun
“to dispute”
In context — Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in a wilderness land than with a woman of complaints and strife.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 21:19, so the Hebrew word מדונים (madonim) 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.21.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.19.W5.S1) and character.