Proverbs 7:2:2Prov.7.2.W2TAB
מִצְוֺתַ֣י
mitsvotai
“my commandments”
- Transliteration
- mits-vo-TAI
- Extended
- mihts-voh-TAAI
- IPA
- /mits.voːˈtaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my commandments
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mits-vo-TAI
- clause
she-MOR mits-vo-TAI ve-khye
- sentence
she-MOR mits-vo-TAI ve-khye ve-to-ra-TI ke-i-SHON e-NE-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the imperative shemor {שְׁמֹר | šə-môr} ‘keep’, governing the direct object mitzvotai {מִצְוֺתַי | mîṣ·wō·ṯāy} ‘my commandments’.
In context — Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments and you will live; guard my teaching like the pupil of your eye.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:2:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 7:2, so the Hebrew word מִצְוֺתַ֣י (mitsvotai) 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.7.2.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.2.W2.S1) and character.