Proverbs 24:11:3Prov.24.11.W3TAB

לַמָּ֑וֶת

lamavet

to death

Transliteration
la-MA-vet
Extended
lah-MAA-veht
IPA
/lamˈmaːwɛt/

Meaning by language

English
to death

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Result
לַ + מָּ֑ + וֶת
la + ma + vet
lamavet

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-MA-vet

  2. clause

    ha-TSAL le-khu-KHIM la-MA-vet

  3. sentence

    ha-TSAL le-khu-KHIM la-MA-vet u-ma-TIM la-HE-reg im-ta-khSO-kh

Exegesis

The participial phrase lequkhim {לְקֻחִים | lə-qû-ḥîm} ‘those being taken’ pairs with the infinitive lamavet {לַמָּ֑וֶת | la-mā-wêṯ} ‘to death’, forming a directional object complement.

Root and etymology

מ־ו־ת

death

In contextProverbs 24:11

Rescue those being taken to death, and do not hold back those tottering to the slaughter.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 24:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 24:11, so the Hebrew word לַמָּ֑וֶת (lamavet) 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.24.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.11.W3.S1) and character.