Proverbs 28:5:4Prov.28.5.W4TAB
וּמְבַקְשֵׁ֥י
umevakshe
“and seekers of”
- Transliteration
- u-me-vak-SHE
- Extended
- oo-meh-vahk-SHEE
- IPA
- /uː.məvaqˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and seekers of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
u-me-vak-SHE
- phraseyour reading level
u-me-vak-SHE ye-ho-VAH
- clause
u-me-vak-SHE ye-ho-VAH ya-VI-nu KOL
- sentence
an-she-RA lo-ya-VI-nu mish-PAHT u-me-vak-SHE ye-ho-VAH ya-VI-nu KOL
Exegesis
A vav conjunction introduces u-mevakshei {וּמְבַקְשֵׁ֥י | ū-mə-vak-šê} ‘and seekers of,’ linking to YHWH {יְ֝הוָ֗ה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’ in construct, before returning to yavinu {יָבִ֥ינוּ | yā-wî-nū} ‘they understand’ and concluding with kol {כֹֽל | kōl} ‘all,’ intensifying universal scope. English renders the antithetical parallelism with “but,” preserving the contrast between human ignorance and divine insight.
Root and etymology
b-q-šbet–qof–shin
“to seek,”
In context — Proverbs 28:5
Men of evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand everything .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 28:5, so the Hebrew word וּמְבַקְשֵׁ֥י (umevakshe) 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.28.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.5.W4.S1) and character.