Proverbs 11:13:5Prov.11.13.W5TAB
מְכַסֶּ֥ה
mekhasse
“covers or keeps hidden”
- Transliteration
- me-khas-SE
- Extended
- meh-khah-SSEH
- IPA
- /məxasˈseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- covers or keeps hidden
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
me-khas-SE
- phraseyour reading level
me-khas-SE da-VAR
- clause
ve-ne-e-MAN-RU-akh me-khas-SE da-VAR
- sentence
ho-LEKH ra-KHIL me-gal-LE-SOD ve-ne-e-MAN-RU-akh me-khas-SE da-VAR
Exegesis
The participle mekhaseh {מְכַסֶּה | mə-kha-sē-eh} ‘concealing’ then takes davar {דָבָר | dā-var} ‘matter.’ This parallelism contrasts public disclosure of confidences with protective discretion. In English translation, Hebrew participles become finite verbs to maintain readability while preserving the poetic antithesis marked by the vav-conjunction.
Root and etymology
k-s-hKaf–Samekh–Heh
“to cover, conceal”
In context — Proverbs 11:13
A talebearer goes about revealing a secret, but one with a faithful spirit conceals a matter .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 11:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 11:13, so the Hebrew word מְכַסֶּ֥ה (mekhasse) 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.11.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.13.W5.S1) and character.