Proverbs 5:18:4Prov.5.18.W4TAB
מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת
meeshet
“from the wife of”
- Transliteration
- me-E-shet
- Extended
- mee-EH-sheht
- IPA
- /meːˈʔɛ.ʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the wife of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
me-E-shet
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-shet ne-u-RE-kha
- 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 prepositional construct me’eshet {מֵאֵשֶׁת | mē-ʾē-šeṯ} ‘from wife’ with neurekha {נְעוּרֶךָ | nə-ʿū-rǝ-ḵā} ‘your youth’ forms a temporal phrase that stresses lifelong marital fidelity. English retains this balanced jussive-imperative structure and construct relationship through corresponding clauses.
In context — Proverbs 5:18
Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 5:18, so the Hebrew word מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת (meeshet) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.18.W4.S1) and character.