Proverbs 25:24:6Prov.25.24.W6TAB
מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים
midyanim
“quarrels”
- Transliteration
- mid-ya-NIM
- Extended
- mihd-yah-NEEM
- IPA
- /mid.jaˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- quarrels
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mid-ya-NIM
- 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.
Root and etymology
d-y-ndalet–yod–nun
“to judge, dispute”
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 25:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 25:24, so the Hebrew word מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים (midyanim) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.24.W6.S1) and character.