Proverbs 24:11:4Prov.24.11.W4TAB
וּמָטִ֥ים
umatim
“and those stumbling”
- Transliteration
- u-ma-TIM
- Extended
- oo-maa-TEEM
- IPA
- /uːmaːˈtˤiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and those stumbling
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-ma-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
u-ma-TIM la-HE-reg
- clause
u-ma-TIM la-HE-reg im-ta-khSO-kh
- sentence
ha-TSAL le-khu-KHIM la-MA-vet u-ma-TIM la-HE-reg im-ta-khSO-kh
Exegesis
A parallel coordinate structure introduces umetim {וּמָטִ֥ים | ū-mā-ṭîm} ‘those tottering’ and lahe-reg {לַ֝הֶ֗רֶג | la-ḥé-réḡ} ‘to the slaughter’, heightening urgency through repetition.
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 24:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 24:11, so the Hebrew word וּמָטִ֥ים (umatim) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.11.W4.S1) and character.