Proverbs 4:26:2Prov.4.26.W2TAB
מַעְגַּ֣ל
maegal
“path or track”
- Transliteration
- ma-e-GAL
- Extended
- mah-eh-GAHL
- IPA
- /maʕˈɡal/
Meaning by language
- English
- path or track
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-e-GAL
- clause
pa-LES ma-e-GAL rag-le-KHA
- sentence
pa-LES ma-e-GAL rag-le-KHA ve-KHOL-de-ra-KHE-kha yi-KO-nu
Exegesis
The noun ma‘gal {מַעְגָּל | ma‘găl} ‘path’ is linked to raglecha {רַגְלֶךָ | ra-gle-kha} ‘your feet’ in a construct relationship.
Root and etymology
‘-g-lʿ–g–l
“to roll, circle”
In context — Proverbs 4:26
Make the path of your feet level, and all your ways will be established .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 4:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 4:26, so the Hebrew word מַעְגַּ֣ל (maegal) 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.4.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.26.W2.S1) and character.