Proverbs 22:1:3Prov.22.1.W3TAB
מֵעֹ֣שֶׁר
meosher
“than wealth”
- Transliteration
- me-O-sher
- Extended
- MEE-OH-shehr
- IPA
- /me.ˈʕoː.ʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- than wealth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-O-sher
- clause
ni-VE-KHAR SHEM me-O-sher RAV
- sentence
ni-VE-KHAR SHEM me-O-sher RAV mi-KE-sef u-mi-ZA-HAV KHEN TOV
Exegesis
The comparative prefix me- {מֵ | mē} ‘than’ introduces the first contrast with osher rav {עֹשֶׁר רָב | ʿō-šer rāḇ} ‘abundant wealth’, followed by parallel comparatives mi-keseph {מִכֶּסֶף | mi-ḵe-sef̱} ‘than silver’ and u-mi-zahav {וּמִזָּהָב | u·mi-zā-hāḇ} ‘and than gold’.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–shin–resh
“wealth, abundance”
In context — Proverbs 22:1
A name is chosen rather than abundant wealth ; good favor is better than silver and gold.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 22:1, so the Hebrew word מֵעֹ֣שֶׁר (meosher) 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.22.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.1.W3.S1) and character.