Proverbs 22:20:6Prov.22.20.W6TAB
בְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת
bemoetsot
“with counsels”
- Transliteration
- be-mo-e-TSOT
- Extended
- beh-moh-eet-SOHT
- IPA
- /bə.mo.ʕeːˈṣoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- with counsels
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
be-mo-e-TSOT
- clause
be-mo-e-TSOT va-DA-at
- sentence
ha-LO ka-TA-VE-ti LE-kha shil-SHOM sha-li-SHIM be-mo-e-TSOT va-DA-at
Exegesis
The numeral shalishim {שָׁלִישִׁים | šā-lî-šim} ‘thirty’ introduces the set of communications, which is then specified by the construct bemoetzot {בְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת | bə-mō-‘ē-ṣōṯ} ‘counsels’ and the conjunctive vadaat {וָדָֽעַת | wə-ḏā-‘āṯ} ‘and knowledge’, functioning as a hendiadys that combines quantity and wisdom content.
In context — Proverbs 22:20
Have I not written to you thirty sayings in counsels and knowledge?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 22:20, so the Hebrew word בְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת (bemoetsot) 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.22.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.20.W6.S1) and character.