Proverbs 28:23:6Prov.28.23.W6TAB
מִֽמַּחֲלִ֥יק
mimmakhalik
“from one who flatters”
- Transliteration
- mim-ma-kha-LIK
- Extended
- mihm-mah-khah-LEEK
- IPA
- /mim.maħăˈliːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- from one who flatters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mim-ma-kha-LIK
- clause
mim-ma-kha-LIK la-SHON
- sentence
mo-KHI-akh a-DAM a-kha-RAI KHEN yim-TS A mim-ma-kha-LIK la-SHON
Exegesis
The comparative clause uses the preposition min embedded in mimachaliq {מִֽמַּחֲלִ֥יק | mim-mă-ḥă-lîq} ‘flatterer’ and the noun lashon {לָשֽׁוֹן | lā-šôn} ‘tongue’, creating a rhetorical contrast. English renders this as ‘more … than …’ to reflect the Hebrew comparative structure while maintaining clarity.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-qcheth–lamed–qof
“to be smooth, flatter”
In context — Proverbs 28:23
One who reproves a man will afterward find favor more than one who flatters the tongue .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 28:23, so the Hebrew word מִֽמַּחֲלִ֥יק (mimmakhalik) 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.28.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.23.W6.S1) and character.