Proverbs 25:19:4Prov.25.19.W4TAB

מוּעָ֑דֶת

muadet

that slips

Transliteration
mu-A-det
Extended
moo-AA-deht
IPA
/muːˈʕaː.dɛt/

Meaning by language

English
that slips

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מוּ + עָ֑ + דֶת
mu + a + det
muadet

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    mu-A-det

  2. clause

    SHEN ro-A ve-RE-gel mu-A-det

  3. sentence

    SHEN ro-A ve-RE-gel mu-A-det miv-TAKH bo-GED be-YOM tsa-RA

Exegesis

The proverb begins with a vivid verbless comparative phrase shen ro‘āh ve-reḡel mū‘ādeṯ {שֵן רֹעָה וְרֶגֶל מוּעָדֶת | šēn rō‘āh wə-reḡel mū‘ādeṯ} ‘a broken tooth and a slipping foot’, invoking physical pain as a metaphor for misplaced trust.

In this phrase, the participles rō‘āh {רֹעָה | rō‘āh} ‘broken’ and mū‘ādeṯ {מוּעָדֶת | mū‘ādeṯ} ‘slipping’ modify their respective nouns.

In contextProverbs 25:19

Like a broken tooth and a slipping foot, so is confidence in a treacherous person in a day of trouble .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 25:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 25:19, so the Hebrew word מוּעָ֑דֶת (muadet) 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.25.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.19.W4.S1) and character.