Proverbs 29:1:3Prov.29.1.W3TAB
מַקְשֶׁה־עֹ֑רֶף
maksheeref
“hardening neck, stiff-necked”
- Transliteration
- mak-she-E-ref
- Extended
- mahk-sheh-EH-rehf
- IPA
- /maq.ʃɛː.ˈʕɔ.rɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- hardening neck, stiff-necked
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mak-she-E-ref
- clause
ISH to-kha-KHOT mak-she-E-ref
- sentence
ISH to-kha-KHOT mak-she-E-ref PE-ta yi-sha-VER ve-EN mar-PE
Exegesis
The verse opens with a nominal subject introduced by ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘person’ modified by a Piel participle clause maksheh-oref {מַקְשֶׁה־עֹרֶף | maq-šé-h ʿō-réf} ‘stiffens neck’, linked by the maqqef to convey resolute resistance.
In context — Proverbs 29:1
One who stiffens his neck after many rebukes will suddenly be broken, and there will be no remedy .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 29:1, so the Hebrew word מַקְשֶׁה־עֹ֑רֶף (maksheeref) 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.29.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.1.W3.S1) and character.