Proverbs 30:14:4Prov.30.14.W4TAB
וּֽמַאֲכָל֢וֹת
umaakhalot
“and knives”
- Transliteration
- u-ma-a-kha-LOT
- Extended
- oo-mah-ah-khaa-LOHT
- IPA
- /ʃinˈnaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- and knives
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
u-ma-a-kha-LOT
- clause
DOR kha-ra-VOT shi-NAV u-ma-a-kha-LOT
- sentence
DOR kha-ra-VOT shi-NAV u-ma-a-kha-LOT me-tal-le-o-TAV le-e-KHOL a-ni-YIM me-E-rets ve-ev-yo-NIM me-a-DAM
Exegesis
The coordinating phrase uma‘akhalot metal‘otav {וּֽמַאֲכָל֢וֹת מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥יו | wə-ma‘ă-kā-lōt mə-tal-le‘ôṯāyw} intensifies the image by adding “knives its jaw-teeth.”
In context — Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and whose jaw-teeth are knives, to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among men.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 30:14, so the Hebrew word וּֽמַאֲכָל֢וֹת (umaakhalot) 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.30.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.14.W4.S1) and character.