Proverbs 23:7:11Prov.23.7.W11TAB
בַּל־עִמָּֽךְ׃
balimmakh
“not with you”
- Transliteration
- bal-im-MAKH
- Extended
- bahl-ihm-MAAKH
- IPA
- /bal.ʕimˈmaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- not with you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bal-im-MAKH
- clause
ve-liv-BO bal-im-MAKH
- sentence
KI ke-MO sha-AR be-naf-SHO ken-HU e-KHOL u-she-TE yo-MAR LAKH ve-liv-BO bal-im-MAKH
Exegesis
The adversative clause begins with ve-libbo {וְלִבּוֹ | wəlîbbô} ‘but his heart’, employs the poetic negation bal {בַל | bāl} ‘not’ to stress contrast, and concludes with im-makh {עִמָּךְ | ʿimmāḵ} ‘with you’, exemplifying wisdom parallelism and the antithesis between appearance and reality.
In context — Proverbs 23:7
For as he calculates in his soul, so is he; “Eat and drink,” he will say to you, but his heart is not with you.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Proverbs 23:7, so the Hebrew word בַּל־עִמָּֽךְ׃ (balimmakh) 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.23.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.7.W11.S1) and character.