Proverbs 5:18:3Prov.5.18.W3TAB
וּ֝שְׂמַ֗ח
usemakh
“and rejoice”
- Transliteration
- u-se-MAKH
- Extended
- oo-seh-MAHKH
- IPA
- /uːsəˈmaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and rejoice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-se-MAKH
- clause
u-se-MAKH me-E-shet ne-u-RE-kha
- sentence
ye-HI-me-KOR-kha ba-RUKH u-se-MAKH me-E-shet ne-u-RE-kha
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction and imperative usemakh {וּשְׂמַח | wə-să-mă-ḥ} ‘and rejoice’ introduces a parallel exhortation.
In context — Proverbs 5:18
Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 5:18, so the Hebrew word וּ֝שְׂמַ֗ח (usemakh) 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.5.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.18.W3.S1) and character.