Proverbs 3:35:5Prov.3.35.W5TAB
מֵרִ֥ים
merim
“lift up or raise”
- Transliteration
- me-RIM
- Extended
- meh-REEM
- IPA
- /meːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- lift up or raise
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
me-RIM ka-LON
- clause
u-khe-si-LIM me-RIM ka-LON
- sentence
ka-VOD kha-kha-MIM yin-kha-LU u-khe-si-LIM me-RIM ka-LON
Exegesis
The conjunction introduces an antithetical second clause at u-ksilim {וּכְסִילִים | ū-ḵə-sî-lîm} ‘and fools’, where merim {מֵרִים | mêrîm} ‘lifting up’ (participle, Hiphil) leads to the result kalon {קָלוֹן | qā-lôn} ‘shame’. This chiastic parallelism contrasts the destinies of the wise and the foolish, emphasizing moral reciprocity, with the Hiphil participle underscoring the fools’ active role in bringing about dishonor.
Root and etymology
r-w-mresh–vav–mem
“to lift, exalt”
In context — Proverbs 3:35
The wise will inherit honor, but fools will lift up shame.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 3:35:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 3:35, so the Hebrew word מֵרִ֥ים (merim) 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.3.35.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.3.35.W5.S1) and character.