Proverbs 29:5:2Prov.29.5.W2TAB
מַחֲלִ֣יק
makhalik
“making smooth or flattering”
- Transliteration
- ma-kha-LIK
- Extended
- mah-khah-LIK
- IPA
- /ma.ħăˈliq/
Meaning by language
- English
- making smooth or flattering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-kha-LIK
- clause
GE-ver ma-kha-LIK al-RE-e-hu
- sentence
GE-ver ma-kha-LIK al-RE-e-hu RE-shet po-RESH al-pe-a-MAV
Exegesis
The causative Hiphil participle machaliq {מַחֲלִ֣יק | maḥă-lîq} ‘flattering’ is followed by the prepositional phrase al-re'ehu {עַל־רֵעֵ֑הוּ | al-rêʿêhû} ‘on his neighbor’, marking the intended target.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-qḥet–lamed–qof
“to make smooth, to flatter”
In context — Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor sets out a net for his feet.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 29:5, so the Hebrew word מַחֲלִ֣יק (makhalik) 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.29.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.5.W2.S1) and character.