Proverbs 23:35:5Prov.23.35.W5TAB

מָתַ֥י

matai

when

Transliteration
ma-TAI
Extended
maa-TAI
IPA
/maˈtaj/

Meaning by language

English
when

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Result
מָ + תַ֥י
ma + tai
matai

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-TAI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    bal-ya-DA-et-ti ma-TAI a-KITS

  3. clause

    hi-KU-ni bal-kha-li-TI ha-la-MU-ni bal-ya-DA-et-ti ma-TAI a-KITS

  4. sentence

    hi-KU-ni bal-kha-li-TI ha-la-MU-ni bal-ya-DA-et-ti ma-TAI a-KITS o-SIF a-va-ke-SHE-nu OD

Exegesis

The interrogative adverb matai {מָתַ֥י | māṯay} ‘when?’

Root and etymology

ṭ-ʿ-mtet–ayin–mem

taste, delight

In contextProverbs 23:35

They struck me, but I was not sick; they beat me, yet I did not know it. When shall I awake ? I will add, and I will seek it again .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 23:35:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 23:35, so the Hebrew word מָתַ֥י (matai) 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.23.35.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.35.W5.S1) and character.