Proverbs 10:28:1Prov.10.28.W1TAB
תּוֹחֶ֣לֶת
tokhelet
“hope or expectation”
- Transliteration
- to-KHE-let
- Extended
- toh-KHEH-leht
- IPA
- /toːˈħɛ.lɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- hope or expectation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-KHE-let
- clause
to-KHE-let tsa-di-KIM sim-KHA
- sentence
to-KHE-let tsa-di-KIM sim-KHA ve-tik-VAT re-sha-IM to-VED
Exegesis
The sentence begins with the noun tochelet {תּוֹחֶלֶת | tô-ḥê-leṯ} ‘expectation’, which forms a construct with tsaddiqim {צַדִּיקִים | ṣad-dî-qîm} ‘the righteous’, yielding ‘the expectation of the righteous’.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–ḥet–lamed
“to wait, hope”
In context — Proverbs 10:28
The expectation of the righteous is joy , but the hope of the wicked will perish.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 10:28, so the Hebrew word תּוֹחֶ֣לֶת (tokhelet) 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.10.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.28.W1.S1) and character.