Proverbs 25:16:2Prov.25.16.W2TAB
מָ֭צָאתָ
matsata
“you have found”
- Transliteration
- ma-TSA-ta
- Extended
- maa-TSAH-tah
- IPA
- /maːˈtsaːʔtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you have found
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-TSA-ta
- clause
de-VASH ma-TSA-ta e-KHOL DAI-ye-kha
- sentence
de-VASH ma-TSA-ta e-KHOL DAI-ye-kha pen-ti-se-BA-e-nu va-ha-ke-TO
Exegesis
The verse opens with de-vash {דְּבַשׁ | də-vaš} ‘honey’ as the object of matzata {מָצָאתָ | mā-ṣā-ṯā} ‘you have found’, forming a conditional protasis.
Root and etymology
m-ṣ-’mem–tsade–aleph
“to find, encounter”
In context — Proverbs 25:16
If you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you, lest you become glutted and vomit it.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 25:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 25:16, so the Hebrew word מָ֭צָאתָ (matsata) 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.25.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.16.W2.S1) and character.