Proverbs 24:13:5Prov.24.13.W5TAB
מָ֝ת֗וֹק
matok
“is sweet”
- Transliteration
- ma-TOK
- Extended
- maa-TOHK
- IPA
- /maːˈtˤoːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- is sweet
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
ma-TOK
- phraseyour reading level
ve-NO-fet ma-TOK
- clause
ve-NO-fet ma-TOK al-KHI-ke-kha
- sentence
e-KHOL-be-NI de-VASH KI-TOV ve-NO-fet ma-TOK al-KHI-ke-kha
Exegesis
A second coordinated noun phrase, venofet {וְנֹפֶת | wə-nō-p̄eṯ} ‘and honeycomb’, is modified by matok {מָ֝ת֗וֹק | mā-tōq} ‘sweet’, and the prepositional phrase al-chikekha {עַל־חִכֶּֽךָ | ʿal-ḥi-kke-ḵā} ‘upon your palate’ indicates locus. The absence of subordinating conjunctions heightens immediacy and vivid sensory appeal. In translation, retaining the paratactic “for” mirrors Hebrew ki’s explanatory function, while “upon your palate” preserves the bodily metaphor central to the proverb’s imagery.
Root and etymology
mem–tav–qophmem–tav–qoph
“sweet, pleasant”
In context — Proverbs 24:13
Eat, my son, honey , for it is good, and honeycomb, which is sweet upon your palate .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 24:13, so the Hebrew word מָ֝ת֗וֹק (matok) 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.24.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.13.W5.S1) and character.