Proverbs 23:14:5Prov.23.14.W5TAB
מִשְּׁא֥וֹל
mishsheol
“from Sheol”
- Transliteration
- mish-she-OL
- Extended
- mihsh-sheh-OHL
- IPA
- /miʃ.ʃə.ˈʔoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Sheol
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-she-OL
- phraseyour reading level
mish-she-OL tat-TSIL
- clause
ve-NAF-sho mish-she-OL tat-TSIL
- sentence
a-TA bash-SHE-vet tak-KE-nu ve-NAF-sho mish-she-OL tat-TSIL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mi-she'ol {מִשְּׁא֥וֹל | miššôˀl} ‘from Sheol’ indicates separation from the realm of the dead.
Root and etymology
š-ʾ-l
“underworld”
In context — Proverbs 23:14
You will strike him with the rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 23:14, so the Hebrew word מִשְּׁא֥וֹל (mishsheol) 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.23.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.14.W5.S1) and character.