Proverbs 27:26:3Prov.27.26.W3TAB
וּמְחִ֥יר
umekhir
“and the price”
- Transliteration
- u-me-KHIR
- Extended
- oo-meh-KHEER
- IPA
- /uːməˈħiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the price
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
u-me-KHIR
- phraseyour reading level
u-me-KHIR SA-de
- clause
u-me-KHIR SA-de a-tu-DIM
- sentence
ke-va-SIM lil-vu-SHE-kha u-me-KHIR SA-de a-tu-DIM
Exegesis
The conjunction vav in umechir {וּמְחִ֥יר | û·mə·ḥîr} ‘and price’ links a second nominal predicate, with sadeh {שָׂ֝דֶה | śā·dê} ‘field’ forming a construct genitive relationship to indicate the price of a field.
Root and etymology
m-ch-r
“price, payment”
In context — Proverbs 27:26
The lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats the price of a field .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 27:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 27:26, so the Hebrew word וּמְחִ֥יר (umekhir) 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.27.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.26.W3.S1) and character.