Proverbs 30:4:13Prov.30.4.W13TAB
מַה־שְּׁמ֥וֹ
mashemo
“what is his name”
- Transliteration
- ma-she-MO
- Extended
- mah-sheh-MOH
- IPA
- /ma.ʃəˈmoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what is his name
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
ma-she-MO
- phraseyour reading level
ma-she-MO u-MA-shem-be-NO
- clause
ma-she-MO u-MA-shem-be-NO KI te-DA
- sentence
MI a-LA-sha-MA-yim va-YE-rad MI a-SAF-RU-akh be-khof-NA-v MI tsa-RAR-ma-Yim ba-sim-LA MI he-KIM kol-af-SE-a-RETS ma-she-MO u-MA-shem-be-NO KI te-DA
Exegesis
The closing interrogatives māh {מַה | māh} ‘what’ and ū-māh {וּמַה | ū-māh} ‘and what’ shift focus from divine actions to identity, asking for šĕ-mō {שְּׁמוֹ | šĕ-mō} ‘his name’ and šēm-be-nō {שֵׁם-בְּנוֹ | šēm-be-nō} ‘name of his son’.
In context — Proverbs 30:4
Who has ascended to the heavens and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists ? Who has bound the waters in the garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His son, if you know?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:4:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Proverbs 30:4, so the Hebrew word מַה־שְּׁמ֥וֹ (mashemo) 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.30.4.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.4.W13.S1) and character.