Proverbs 5:13:4Prov.5.13.W4TAB

וְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗י

velimlamedai

and to my instructors

Transliteration
ve-lim-la-me-DAI
Extended
veh-lihm-lahm-mah-DAI
IPA
/vəli.mla.mːəˈdaj/

Meaning by language

English
and to my instructors

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ֝ + לִֽ + מְ + לַ + מְּדַ֗י
ve + lim + la + me + dai
velimlamedai

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-lim-la-me-DAI

  2. clause

    ve-lim-la-me-DAI lo-hi-TI-te OZ-ne

  3. sentence

    ve-LO-sha-MA-te be-KOL mo-RAI ve-lim-la-me-DAI lo-hi-TI-te OZ-ne

Exegesis

A second clause mirrors this structure with wə-lo limlamdai {וְלֹא לִמְלַמְּדַי | wə-lōʾ lim-məl-mə-dāy} ‘and not to my instructors’, preceding the Hifil perfect hittîtî {הִטִּיתִי | hit-tî-tî} ‘I inclined’.

Root and etymology

Rootlamed–mem–dalet

to learn; to teach

In contextProverbs 5:13

And I did not listen to the voice of my teachers , nor did I incline my ear to my instructors .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 5:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 5:13, so the Hebrew word וְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗י (velimlamedai) 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.5.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.13.W4.S1) and character.