Proverbs 23:22:7Prov.23.22.W7TAB
אִמֶּֽךָ׃
immekha
“your mother”
- Transliteration
- im-ME-kha
- Extended
- ihm-MEH-khaa
- IPA
- /ʔimˈmɛxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your mother
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
im-ME-kha
- phraseyour reading level
KI-zak-NA im-ME-kha
- clause
ve-al-ta-VUZ KI-zak-NA im-ME-kha
- sentence
she-MA le-a-VI-kha ZE ye-la-DE-kha ve-al-ta-VUZ KI-zak-NA im-ME-kha
In context — Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father , the one who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 23:22, so the Hebrew word אִמֶּֽךָ׃ (immekha) 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.23.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.22.W7.S1) and character.