Proverbs 3:4:1Prov.3.4.W1TAB
וּמְצָא־חֵ֖ן
umetsakhen
“and find favor”
- Transliteration
- u-me-TSA-KHEN
- Extended
- oo-meh-TSAH-KHEEN
- IPA
- /u.məˈtsaː.ħeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and find favor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-me-TSA-KHEN
- clause
u-me-TSA-KHEN ve-SE-khel-TOV
- sentence
u-me-TSA-KHEN ve-SE-khel-TOV be-e-NE e-lo-HIM ve-a-DAM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb umetsa {וּמְצָא | ūməṣāʼ} ‘and you will find’, projecting the resultative outcome of earlier instructions.
The coordinated direct objects hen {חֵן | ḥên} ‘favor’ and sechel-tov {שֵׂכֶל־טוֹב | seḵel ṭôv} ‘good understanding’ immediately follow.
Root and etymology
ḥ-n-nḥ-n-n
“to be gracious, show favor”
In context — Proverbs 3:4
Then you will obtain favor and good understanding in the eyes of God and people
About this coordinate
Proverbs 3:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 3:4, so the Hebrew word וּמְצָא־חֵ֖ן (umetsakhen) 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.3.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.3.4.W1.S1) and character.