Proverbs 3:14:5Prov.3.14.W5TAB
וּ֝מֵחָר֗וּץ
umekharuts
“and from gold”
- Transliteration
- u-me-kha-RUTS
- Extended
- oo-mee-khaa-RUUTS
- IPA
- /uːmeːħaˈruːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and from gold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-me-kha-RUTS
- clause
u-me-kha-RUTS te-vu-a-TA
- sentence
KI TOV sa-khe-RA mis-se-KHAR-ka-SEF u-me-kha-RUTS te-vu-a-TA
Exegesis
The comparatives mi {מִ | mi} and u-mê {וּמֵ | ū-mê} govern the construct chains sechar kaseph {סְּחַר כָּסֶף | śeḥār kāsēp} and charuts tevuatah {חָרוּץ תְּבוּאָתָהּ | ḥārûṣ tävûʾāh}, framing a parallel structure that emphasizes wisdom’s superiority through economic metaphor. The translation preserves both the contrastive syntax and the metaphorical imagery in English.
Root and etymology
ch-r-tzch-r-tz
“refined gold, diligence”
In context — Proverbs 3:14
For her profit is better than the profit of silver, and her yield surpasses the finest gold.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 3:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 3:14, so the Hebrew word וּ֝מֵחָר֗וּץ (umekharuts) 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.3.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.3.14.W5.S1) and character.