Proverbs 25:7:3Prov.25.7.W3TAB
אֲמָר־לְךָ֗
amarlekha
“to be said to you”
- Transliteration
- a-MAR-le-KHA
- Extended
- ah-MAAR-leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʔăˈmaːr.ləˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be said to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
a-MAR-le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
KI TOV a-MAR-le-KHA
- clause
KI TOV a-MAR-le-KHA a-LE HEN-na me-ha-shpe-IL-kha lif-NE na-DIV
- sentence
KI TOV a-MAR-le-KHA a-LE HEN-na me-ha-shpe-IL-kha lif-NE na-DIV a-SHER RA-u E-ne-KHA
Exegesis
The adjective tov {טוֹב | tôv} ‘better’ heads the statement, followed by amar {אֲמָר | ’ămār} with the pronominal suffix lekha {לְךָ | lə-kā} ‘to you’ functioning as a nominal infinitive construct.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Proverbs 25:7
For it is better for you to be told, “Come up here,” than to be humiliated before a prince whom you have seen.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 25:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 25:7, so the Hebrew word אֲמָר־לְךָ֗ (amarlekha) 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.25.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.7.W3.S1) and character.