Proverbs 6:15:8Prov.6.15.W8TAB
מַרְפֵּֽא׃
marpe
“healing”
- Transliteration
- mar-PE
- Extended
- mahr-PEE
- IPA
- /marˈpeːʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- healing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
mar-PE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EN mar-PE
- clause
PE-ta yish-SHA-ver ve-EN mar-PE
- sentence
al-KEN pit-e-OM ya-VO e-DO PE-ta yish-SHA-ver ve-EN mar-PE
Exegesis
Finally, the conjunction ve-ein {וְאֵן | wəʼên} ‘and there is not’ introduces a verbless existential clause with marpēʼ {מַרְפֵּא׃ | marpēʼ} ‘healing’, denying any remedy and completing the uncompromising parallelism of sudden judgment.
Root and etymology
r-p-ʾr-p-ʾ
“to heal, cure”
In context — Proverbs 6:15
Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no healing .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 6:15, so the Hebrew word מַרְפֵּֽא׃ (marpe) 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.6.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.15.W8.S1) and character.