Proverbs 6:18:3Prov.6.18.W3TAB
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת
makhshevot
“plans or thoughts”
- Transliteration
- makh-she-VOT
- Extended
- mahkh-sheh-VOHT
- IPA
- /maħ.ʃəˈvoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- plans or thoughts
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
makh-she-VOT
- phraseyour reading level
kho-RESH makh-she-VOT A-ven
- clause
LEV kho-RESH makh-she-VOT A-ven
- sentence
LEV kho-RESH makh-she-VOT A-ven rag-la-YIM me-ma-ha-ROT la-RUTS la-RA-a
Exegesis
The first clause, lev choresh machshevot aven, employs choresh {חֹרֵשׁ | ḥō-rēš} ‘one who devises’ to depict the heart {לֵב | lēv} ‘heart’ engaging in machshevot {מַחְשְׁבוֹת | maḥ-šă-vōṯ} ‘plans’ with aven {אָוֶן | ā-ven} ‘wickedness’.
Root and etymology
RootChet–Shin–Bet
“to think, plan”
In context — Proverbs 6:18
A heart that devises plans of wickedness, feet that hasten to run toward evil.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 6:18, so the Hebrew word מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת (makhshevot) 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.6.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.18.W3.S1) and character.