Proverbs 29:10:3Prov.29.10.W3TAB
יִשְׂנְאוּ־תָ֑ם
yisneutam
“they hate the blameless”
- Transliteration
- yis-ne-U-TAM
- Extended
- yihs-neh-OO-TAAM
- IPA
- /jis.nəˈʔuː.tɔːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- they hate the blameless
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-ne-U-TAM
- clause
an-SHE da-MIM yis-ne-U-TAM
- sentence
an-SHE da-MIM yis-ne-U-TAM vi-sha-RIM ye-vak-SHU naf-SHO
Exegesis
In the first cola, anshei damim {אַנְשֵׁ֣י דָ֭מִים | ʾăn-šê dā-mîm} ‘men of blood’ forms a construct chain indicating violent perpetrators, followed by the Qal imperfect yisneu {יִשְׂנְאוּ | yiś-nə-ʾû} ‘they hate’ and its object tam {תָ֑ם | tām} ‘blameless’.
Root and etymology
t-m-mtet–mem–mem
“complete, blameless, whole”
In context — Proverbs 29:10
Men of blood hate the blameless, but the upright seek his soul.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 29:10, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂנְאוּ־תָ֑ם (yisneutam) 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.29.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.10.W3.S1) and character.