Proverbs 30:29:3Prov.30.29.W3TAB
מֵיטִ֣יבֵי
meitive
“making good, doing well”
- Transliteration
- me-i-ti-VE
- Extended
- mee-ee-tih-VEE
- IPA
- /meː.i.tiˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
- making good, doing well
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-i-ti-VE
- clause
she-lo-SHA HE-ma me-i-ti-VE TSA-ad
- sentence
she-lo-SHA HE-ma me-i-ti-VE TSA-ad ve-ar-ba-A me-i-ti-VE la-KHET
Exegesis
A participle clause meitivei tsa‘ad {מֵיטִ֣יבֵי צָ֑עַד | mĕ-ṭî-vê ṣā‘aḏ} ‘ones who go well in step’ is balanced by ve-arba‘ah {וְ֝אַרְבָּעָה | və-ar-ba-‘āh} ‘and four’ with the participle meitivei lachet {מֵיטִ֥יבֵי לָֽכֶת | mĕ-ṭî-bê lā-ḵeṯ} ‘ones who do well in walking’. The recurrence of the piel participle establishes cohesion, while the shift from ‘step’ to ‘walking’ moves from specific gait to general movement. English supplies the existential “There are” and preserves the poetic symmetry without altering the semantic weight of the Hebrew terms.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–tet–bet
“to do good, excel”
In context — Proverbs 30:29
There are three that go well in their stride , and four that are excellent in walking .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 30:29, so the Hebrew word מֵיטִ֣יבֵי (meitive) 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.30.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.29.W3.S1) and character.