Proverbs 1:26:2Prov.1.26.W2TAB
בְּאֵידְכֶ֣ם
beedkhem
“at your calamity”
- Transliteration
- be-e-DKHEM
- Extended
- beh-eed-KHEHM
- IPA
- /bəʔeːdˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- at your calamity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-e-DKHEM
- clause
gam-a-NI be-e-DKHEM e-se-KHAK
- sentence
gam-a-NI be-e-DKHEM e-se-KHAK e-le-AG be-VO fakh-DE-KHEM
Exegesis
Two coordinated Qal imperfect verbs, ’ĕś-ḥāq {אֶשְׂחָק | ’ĕś-ḥāq} ‘I will laugh’ and ’el-ʿaḡ {אֶלְעַג | ’el-ʿaḡ} ‘I will mock’, correspond to the objects bĕ-’ēyd-ḵēm {בְּאֵידְכֶם | bĕ-’ēyd-ḵēm} ‘your calamity’ and p̄aḥaḏ-ḵēm {פַחְדְּכֶם | p̄aḥaḏ-ḵēm} ‘your dread’.
Root and etymology
א־י־ד
“calamity, destruction”
In context — Proverbs 1:26
Also I will laugh at your calamity ; I will mock when your dread comes upon you.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 1:26, so the Hebrew word בְּאֵידְכֶ֣ם (beedkhem) 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.1.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.26.W2.S1) and character.