Proverbs 26:9:4Prov.26.9.W4TAB
וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל
umashal
“and a proverb”
- Transliteration
- u-ma-SHAL
- Extended
- oo-maa-SHAAL
- IPA
- /uːmaːˈʃaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a proverb
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ma-SHAL
- clause
u-ma-SHAL be-FI khe-si-LIM
- sentence
KHO-akh a-LA ve-YAD-shi-KOR u-ma-SHAL be-FI khe-si-LIM
Exegesis
The conjunction u {וּ | ū} marks the parallel clause where u-mashal {וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל | ū-ma-šāl} ‘proverb’ serves as subject, followed by the locative be-pi {בְּפִ֣י | bə-p̄î} ‘in the mouth of’ and the plural kesilim {כְּסִילִֽים | ke-śî-lîm} ‘fools’. This chiastic structure contrasts the image of a thorn harming a drunkard with a proverb that misfires in the mouth of fools, and the balanced Hebrew parallelism is mirrored in the English rendering.
Root and etymology
m-š-lmem–shin–lamed
“to rule, compare”
In context — Proverbs 26:9
Like a thorn rising into the hand of a drunkard , so does a proverb lodge in the mouth of fools.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 26:9, so the Hebrew word וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל (umashal) 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.26.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.9.W4.S1) and character.