Proverbs 8:10:4Prov.8.10.W4TAB
מֵחָר֥וּץ
mekharuts
“from gold or fine gold”
- Transliteration
- me-kha-RUTS
- Extended
- mee-khah-ROOTS
- IPA
- /meːħaˈruːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- from gold or fine gold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-kha-RUTS
- phraseyour reading level
me-kha-RUTS niv-KHAR
- clause
ve-DA-at me-kha-RUTS niv-KHAR
- sentence
ke-KHU-mu-sa-RI ve-AL-KA-sef ve-DA-at me-kha-RUTS niv-KHAR
Exegesis
The second half mirrors this structure: veda‘at {וְדַעַת | wə-da‘ăṯ} ‘and knowledge’ is contrasted with mecharutz {מֵחָרוּץ | mê-ḥārûṣ} ‘from gold’, with the participle nivchar {נִבְחָר | nî-bḥār} ‘to be chosen’ indicating desirability.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-ṣchet–resh–tsade
“decisively chosen”
In context — Proverbs 8:10
Take my instruction and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 8:10, so the Hebrew word מֵחָר֥וּץ (mekharuts) 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.8.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.10.W4.S1) and character.