Proverbs 27:22:3Prov.27.22.W3TAB

בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ

bammakhtesh

“in the mortar”

Transliteration: bam-makh-TESH
Extended: bahm-mahkh-TEESH
IPA: /bam.makˈteːʃ/

Meaning by language

English: in the mortar

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

בַּֽמ + מַּכְ + תֵּ֡שׁ

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bam + makh + tesh

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bammakhtesh

Alphabet Analysis

	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Mem	m as in mother
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Tav	t as in top
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

word
bam-makh-TESH
phraseyour reading level
IM tik-to-SHET-ha-e-VIL bam-makh-TESH
clause
IM tik-to-SHET-ha-e-VIL bam-makh-TESH be-TOKH ha-ri-FOT ba-e-LI
sentence
IM tik-to-SHET-ha-e-VIL bam-makh-TESH be-TOKH ha-ri-FOT ba-e-LI lo-ta-SUR me-a-LAV i-val-TO

Exegesis

A chain of prepositional phrases—ba-makhtesh {בַּמַּכְתֵּשׁ | ba-maḵ-tēš} ‘in a mortar’, be-tokh ha-rifot {בְּתוֹךְ הָרִיפוֹת | bə-tôḵ hā-ri-pôṯ} ‘among grain’, and ba-eli {בַּעֱלִי | ba-ʿê-lî} ‘with a pestle’—constructs a vivid agricultural image.

In context — Proverbs 27:22

Even if you crush the fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, his folly will not depart from him.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 27:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 27:22, so the Hebrew word בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ (bammakhtesh) 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.27.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.22.W3.S1) and character.

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