Ecclesiastes 2:16:14Eccl.2.16.W14TAB
הֶחָכָ֖ם
hekhakham
“the wise man”
- Transliteration
- he-kha-KHAM
- Extended
- heh-khah-KHAAM
- IPA
- /hɛħaˈxaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the wise man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-kha-KHAM
- phraseyour reading level
ya-MUT he-kha-KHAM
- clause
be-she-KHVAR ha-ya-MIM ha-ba-IM ha-KOL nish-KHAKH ve-EKH ya-MUT he-kha-KHAM im-ha-ke-SIL
- sentence
KI EN zik-RON le-kha-KHAM im-ha-ke-SIL le-o-LAM be-she-KHVAR ha-ya-MIM ha-ba-IM ha-KOL nish-KHAKH ve-EKH ya-MUT he-kha-KHAM im-ha-ke-SIL
Exegesis
The rhetorical question ve-eykh ya-mut he-chacham im-ha-kesil {וְאֵ֛יךְ יָמ֥וּת הֶחָכָ֖ם עִֽם־הַכְּסִֽיל | wə-ʾêyḥ yā-mût he-ḥā-ḵām ʿim-hak-ke-sîl} ‘and how shall the wise man die with the fool’ underscores the identical fate of the wise and the fool, a parallel structure that the English rendering preserves.
Root and etymology
ch-k-mchet–kaph–mem
“to be wise”
In context — Ecclesiastes 2:16
For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool forever; for in the days to come all is forgotten. And how will the wise man die? Like the fool.
About this coordinate
Ecclesiastes 2:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Ecclesiastes 2:16, so the Hebrew word הֶחָכָ֖ם (hekhakham) 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 Eccl.2.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Eccl.2.16.W14.S1) and character.