Proverbs 10:26:1Prov.10.26.W1TAB
כַּחֹ֤מֶץ
kakhomets
“like vinegar”
- Transliteration
- ka-KHO-mets
- Extended
- kah-KHOH-mehts
- IPA
- /kaˈħoːmɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- like vinegar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-KHO-mets
- phraseyour reading level
ka-KHO-mets la-shi-NA-yim
- clause
ka-KHO-mets la-shi-NA-yim ve-khe-A-shan la-e-NA-yim
- sentence
ka-KHO-mets la-shi-NA-yim ve-khe-A-shan la-e-NA-yim KEN he-a-TSEL le-sho-le-KHA-v
Exegesis
The first clause kachometz lashinnayim {כַּחֹמֶץ לַשִּׁנַּיִם | ka-ḥōmeṣ la-šinnāyim} ‘as vinegar to the teeth’ places the effect before the recipient, mirroring Hebrew order.
Root and etymology
ḥ-m-ṣḥet–mem–ṣade
“sourness”
In context — Proverbs 10:26
As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 10:26, so the Hebrew word כַּחֹ֤מֶץ (kakhomets) 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.10.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.26.W1.S1) and character.