Genesis 21:25:1Gen.21.25.W1TAB
וְהוֹכִ֥חַ
vehokhiakh
“reproved”
- Transliteration
- ve-ho-KHI-akh
- Extended
- veh-hoh-KHIH-ahkh
- IPA
- /və.hoː.ˈxi.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- reproved
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ho-KHI-akh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ho-KHI-akh av-ra-HAM
- clause
ve-ho-KHI-akh av-ra-HAM ET-a-vi-ME-lekh
- sentence
ve-ho-KHI-akh av-ra-HAM ET-a-vi-ME-lekh al-o-DOT be-ER ha-MA-yim a-SHER ga-ze-LU av-DEI a-vi-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The verse begins with the verb vehokhiakh {וְהוֹכִ֥חַ | wə-hô-kî-aḥ} ‘and he reproved’, followed by the subject Avraham {אַבְרָהָ֖ם | ʾaḇ-rā-hām} ‘Abraham’, forming the main clause.
Root and etymology
y-kh-ḥyod–kaf–chet
“to reprove, admonish”
In context — Genesis 21:25
Abraham reproved Abimelech over the well of water that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:25, so the Hebrew word וְהוֹכִ֥חַ (vehokhiakh) 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 Gen.21.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.25.W1.S1) and character.