Proverbs 29:1:7Prov.29.1.W7TAB
מַרְפֵּֽא׃
marpe
“healing or remedy”
- Transliteration
- mar-PE
- Extended
- mahr-PEE
- IPA
- /marˈpeːʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- healing or remedy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mar-PE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EN mar-PE
- clause
PE-ta yi-sha-VER ve-EN mar-PE
- sentence
ISH to-kha-KHOT mak-she-E-ref PE-ta yi-sha-VER ve-EN mar-PE
Exegesis
The coordinate clause ve-ein marpe {וְאֵין מַרְפֵּא | wə-ʾên mar-pê} ‘and there is no remedy’ employs a negative existential construction to underscore the irrevocability of the consequence. The overall protasis–apodosis pattern reflects a common Hebrew proverb structure that couples a warning with its inevitable outcome.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–pe–aleph
“to heal, restore”
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 29:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 29:1, so the Hebrew word מַרְפֵּֽא׃ (marpe) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.1.W7.S1) and character.