Proverbs 22:26:4Prov.22.26.W4TAB
מַשָּׁאֽוֹת׃
mashaot
“debts”
- Transliteration
- ma-sha-OT
- Extended
- mah-shaa-OHT
- IPA
- /maʃ.ʃaːˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- debts
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-sha-OT
- clause
ba-or-re-VIM ma-sha-OT
- sentence
al-te-HI ve-to-ke-e-KAF ba-or-re-VIM ma-sha-OT
Exegesis
The final noun massa’ôt {מַשָּׁאוֹת | maš-ša-’ôt} ‘debts’ specifies the obligations involved. The syntactic parallelism heightens the warning against financial entanglements.
Root and etymology
n-ś-’n-ś-’
“to lift; bear”
In context — Proverbs 22:26
Do not be among those who strike hands or among those who become sureties for debts .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 22:26, so the Hebrew word מַשָּׁאֽוֹת׃ (mashaot) 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.22.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.26.W4.S1) and character.