Proverbs 1:26:6Prov.1.26.W6TAB

פַחְדְּכֶֽם׃

fakhdekhem

your dread

Transliteration
fakh-DE-KHEM
Extended
fahkh-DEH-khehm
IPA
/faħdːəˈxɛm/

Meaning by language

English
your dread

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
פַחְ + דְּ + כֶֽם׃
fakh + de + khem
fakhdekhem

Alphabet Analysis

Pep with dagesh; f without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Daletd as in door
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    fakh-DE-KHEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-VO fakh-DE-KHEM

  3. clause

    e-le-AG be-VO fakh-DE-KHEM

  4. 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

פ־ח־ד

to fear, dread

In contextProverbs 1:26

Also I will laugh at your calamity ; I will mock when your dread comes upon you.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 1:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 1:26, so the Hebrew word פַחְדְּכֶֽם׃ (fakhdekhem) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.26.W6.S1) and character.