Proverbs 7:17:4Prov.7.17.W4TAB
אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים
ahalim
“aloes”
- Transliteration
- a-ha-LIM
- Extended
- ah-hah-LEEM
- IPA
- /ʔăhaːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- aloes
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-ha-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
MOR a-ha-LIM
- clause
MOR a-ha-LIM ve-ki-na-MON
- sentence
naf-TI mish-ka-VI MOR a-ha-LIM ve-ki-na-MON
Exegesis
A paratactic list of fragrances—mor {מֹ֥ר | môr} ‘myrrh’, ahalim {אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים | ʼăhālîm} ‘aloes’, and veqinnamon {וְקִנָּמֽוֹן | vĕqinnāmôn} ‘cinnamon’—is joined by the conjunction vav {וְ | vĕ} ‘and’. The Piel stem’s intensive nuance is rendered by the English “scented,” and the verb-object order maintains the Hebrew emphasis on the aromatic items.
Root and etymology
h-laleph–he–lamed
“aloes, fragrant wood”
In context — Proverbs 7:17
I have scented my bed with myrrh , aloes, and cinnamon.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 7:17, so the Hebrew word אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים (ahalim) 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.7.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.17.W4.S1) and character.