Proverbs 30:4:14Prov.30.4.W14TAB
וּמַֽה־שֶּׁם־בְּ֝נ֗וֹ
umashembeno
“and what is the name of his son”
- Transliteration
- u-MA-shem-be-NO
- Extended
- oo-MAH-shehm-beh-NOH
- IPA
- /uː.maː.ʃɛm.bəˈnoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and what is the name of his son
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-MA-shem-be-NO
- 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’.
Root and etymology
š-mshin-mem
“name, reputation”
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 30:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Proverbs 30:4, so the Hebrew word וּמַֽה־שֶּׁם־בְּ֝נ֗וֹ (umashembeno) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.4.W14.S1) and character.