Psalm 19:10:2Ps.19.10.W2TABWLC Psalms 19:11
מִ֥זָּהָב
mizzahav
“than gold”
- Transliteration
- miz-za-HAV
- Extended
- mihz-zaa-HAAV
- IPA
- /miz.zaˈhav/
Meaning by language
- English
- than gold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
miz-za-HAV
- clause
ha-NE-khe-ma-DIM miz-za-HAV u-mip-PAZ RAV
- sentence
ha-NE-khe-ma-DIM miz-za-HAV u-mip-PAZ RAV u-me-tu-KIM mid-de-VASH ve-NO-fet tsu-FIM
Exegesis
The comparative particle min {מִן | min} ‘than’ governs mizahav {מִזָּהָב | mî-zā-hāv} ‘gold’ and mipaz {מִפַּז | mi-paz} ‘pure gold’, with rav {רָב | rāḇ} ‘much’ intensifying in synonymous parallelism.
Root and etymology
z-h-v
“gold”
In context — Psalm 19:10
They are more desirable than gold, even abundant pure gold; and sweeter than honey and dripping of combs.
About this coordinate
Psalm 19:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Psalm 19:10, so the Hebrew word מִ֥זָּהָב (mizzahav) 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 Ps.19.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.19.10.W2.S1) and character.