Proverbs 28:14:5Prov.28.14.W5TAB

וּמַקְשֶׁ֥ה

umakshe

but and hardening

Transliteration
u-mak-SHE
Extended
oo-mahk-SHEH
IPA
/uːmaqˈʃɛː/

Meaning by language

English
but and hardening

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וּ + מַקְ + שֶׁ֥ה
u + mak + she
umakshe

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-mak-SHE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-mak-SHE li-BO

  3. clause

    u-mak-SHE li-BO yip-POL be-ra-A

  4. sentence

    ash-RE A-dam me-fa-KHED ta-MID u-mak-SHE li-BO yip-POL be-ra-A

Exegesis

The conjunction vav introduces an antithetical clause with u-maksheh {וּמַקְשֶׁה | ū-mak-šêh} ‘and hardens’ linked to libbo {לִבּוֹ | lib-bō} ‘his heart’.

In contextProverbs 28:14

Blessed is the person who fears continually, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into adversity .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 28:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 28:14, so the Hebrew word וּמַקְשֶׁ֥ה (umakshe) 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.28.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.14.W5.S1) and character.