Proverbs 25:24:4Prov.25.24.W4TAB
מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת
meeshet
“than from a wife of”
- Transliteration
- me-E-shet
- Extended
- meh-EEH-sheht
- IPA
- /meːˈʔeː.ʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- than from a wife of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-E-shet
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-shet me-do-NIM mid-ya-NIM
- clause
me-E-shet me-do-NIM mid-ya-NIM u-VEIT KHA-ver
- sentence
TOV SHE-vet al-pi-NAT-GAG me-E-shet me-do-NIM mid-ya-NIM u-VEIT KHA-ver
Exegesis
The comparison is introduced by the prefixed preposition mĕ in meʾeshet midyanim {מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת מִדְיָנִ֗ים | meʾ-e-šeṯ mid-ya-nim} ‘than with a quarrelsome woman’, where midyanim qualifies the woman in a genitive construct.
In context — Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell on the corner of a rooftop than with a quarrelsome woman and in a shared house .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 25:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 25:24, so the Hebrew word מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת (meeshet) 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.25.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.24.W4.S1) and character.