Proverbs 30:13:2Prov.30.13.W2TAB
מָה־רָמ֣וּ
maramu
“how high”
- Transliteration
- MA-ra-MU
- Extended
- MAA-rah-MOO
- IPA
- /maː.raˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- how high
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MA-ra-MU
- clause
DOR MA-ra-MU e-NAIV
- sentence
DOR MA-ra-MU e-NAIV ve-af-a-PAIV yin-na-SE-u
Exegesis
It immediately follows the exclamatory particle mah {מָה | māh} ‘how’, forming a rhetorical question that conveys moral rebuke.
The perfect verb ramu {רָמוּ | rā-mû} ‘are lofty’ predicates the construct noun einav {עֵינָיו | ’ê-nāw} ‘his eyes’, with the plural construct indicating a collective reference.
Root and etymology
Rootr-w-m
“to be high, exalted”
In context — Proverbs 30:13
A generation —how lofty are their eyes, and their eyelids are lifted up.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 30:13, so the Hebrew word מָה־רָמ֣וּ (maramu) 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.30.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.13.W2.S1) and character.