Proverbs 28:6:4Prov.28.6.W4TAB
מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ
meikesh
“than one crooked”
- Transliteration
- me-i-KESH
- Extended
- mee-ih-KESH
- IPA
- /meːʕiqˈqeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- than one crooked
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
me-i-KESH
- phraseyour reading level
me-i-KESH de-ra-KHA-yim
- clause
me-i-KESH de-ra-KHA-yim ve-HU a-SHIR
- sentence
TOV-RASH ho-LEKH be-tum-MO me-i-KESH de-ra-KHA-yim ve-HU a-SHIR
Exegesis
The contrast appears with the comparative participle me’iqesh {מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ | me-ʿî-qēš} ‘one who is perverse’ linked to derakhayim {דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם | də-rā-kha-yim} ‘ways’, and the final clause vehu {וְה֣וּא | wə-hû} ‘and he’ plus ashir {עָשִֽׁיר | ʿā-šîr} ‘rich’ completes the antithesis. The chiastic and parallel structure reinforces the moral instruction that integrity outweighs wealth. The comparative and participial forms are preserved to reflect the Hebrew aspectual and syntactic features.
In context — Proverbs 28:6
Better is a poor person who walks in integrity than one who is perverse in his ways, though he is rich.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 28:6, so the Hebrew word מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ (meikesh) 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.28.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.6.W4.S1) and character.