Proverbs 24:34:3Prov.24.34.W3TAB
וּ֝מַחְסֹרֶ֗יךָ
umakhsorekha
“and your lack or want”
- Transliteration
- u-ma-kh-so-RE-kha
- Extended
- oo-mah-kheh-soh-REE-khah
- IPA
- /uː.max.soːˈreː.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your lack or want
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ma-kh-so-RE-kha
- clause
u-ma-kh-so-RE-kha ke-ISH ma-GEN
- sentence
u-VA-mi-te-ha-LEKH RE-she-kha u-ma-kh-so-RE-kha ke-ISH ma-GEN
Exegesis
The construct nouns reishekha {רֵישֶׁךָ | rē-še-kha} ‘your poverty’ and u-machsorekha {וּמַחְסֹרֶיךָ | u-maḥ-sō-rē-kha} ‘and your lack’ address the reader’s condition.
Root and etymology
Roothet–samekh–resh
“to lack, be without”
In context — Proverbs 24:34
And your poverty will come like a wanderer, and your lack, like an armed man .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:34:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 24:34, so the Hebrew word וּ֝מַחְסֹרֶ֗יךָ (umakhsorekha) 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.24.34.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.34.W3.S1) and character.