Proverbs 28:24:9Prov.28.24.W9TAB
מַשְׁחִֽית׃
mashkhit
“destroying one or destroyer”
- Transliteration
- mash-KHIT
- Extended
- mahsh-KHIHT
- IPA
- /maʃˈħiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- destroying one or destroyer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
mash-KHIT
- phraseyour reading level
le-ISH mash-KHIT
- clause
kha-VER HU le-ISH mash-KHIT
- sentence
go-ZEL a-VIV ve-im-MO ve-o-MER EN-PA-sha kha-VER HU le-ISH mash-KHIT
Exegesis
In the apodosis chaver hu {חָבֵ֥ר ה֝֗וּא | ḥāvēr hū’} ‘he is a companion’, the pronoun hu emphasizes identity, and the prepositional phrase lish mashchit {לְאִ֣ישׁ מַשְׁחִֽית | lə’îš māšḥîṯ} ‘to a man destroying’ conveys moral association. The English translation renders Hebrew participles as relative clauses (“who robs,” “and claims”), converts the verbless clause into direct speech, and renders lamed + noun as “like a friend of” to express associative likeness.
Root and etymology
sh-ch-tshin–chet–tav
“ruin, destroy”
In context — Proverbs 28:24
Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “There is no offense,” is a companion to a man who destroys .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Proverbs 28:24, so the Hebrew word מַשְׁחִֽית׃ (mashkhit) 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.28.24.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.24.W9.S1) and character.