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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
la-MA-vet
- clause
ha-TSAL le-khu-KHIM la-MA-vet
- 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 context — Proverbs 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.