Proverbs 29:15:8Prov.29.15.W8TAB
אִמּֽוֹ׃
imo
“his mother”
- Transliteration
- i-MO
- Extended
- ih-MOH
- IPA
- /ʔimˈmoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his mother
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
i-MO
- phraseyour reading level
me-VISH i-MO
- clause
ve-NA-ar me-shu-LAKH me-VISH i-MO
- sentence
SHE-vet ve-TO-kha-khat yit-TEN kha-khe-MA ve-NA-ar me-shu-LAKH me-VISH i-MO
Exegesis
The passive sense of meshullach {מְ֝שֻׁלָּ֗ח | məšullāḥ} ‘left to himself’ emphasizes lack of parental guidance, which the Hiphil participle mevish {מֵבִ֥ישׁ | məvîš} ‘brings shame’ predicates upon immo {אִמּֽוֹ | immô} ‘his mother.’ The Hebrew parallelism and contrast between teaching and neglect underscore the causal relationship between discipline and shame, a structure preserved in English through balanced clauses and corresponding verbs.
In context — Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 29:15, so the Hebrew word אִמּֽוֹ׃ (imo) 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.29.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.15.W8.S1) and character.