Job 15:3:1Job.15.3.W1TAB
הוֹכֵ֣חַ
hokheakh
“arguing or reproving”
- Transliteration
- ho-KHE-akh
- Extended
- hoh-KHEH-akh
- IPA
- /hoːˈχe.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- arguing or reproving
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ho-KHE-akh
- clause
ho-KHE-akh be-da-VAR LO yis-KON
- sentence
ho-KHE-akh be-da-VAR LO yis-KON u-mi-LIM lo-yo-IL BAM
Exegesis
The verse is framed as a rhetorical question, beginning with hocheach {הוֹכֵ֣חַ | hōḵēaḥ}, a participle used predicatively to depict the act of disputing or reproving as an ongoing posture.
Root and etymology
consonantsyod–kaf–chet
“to decide, prove, rebuke”
In context — Job 15:3
Should he argue with a matter that is unprofitable, and with words by which he does no good?
About this coordinate
Job 15:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 15:3, so the Hebrew word הוֹכֵ֣חַ (hokheakh) 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 Job.15.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.3.W1.S1) and character.