Proverbs 11:26:3Prov.11.26.W3TAB
יִקְּבֻ֣הוּ
yikkebuhu
“they will curse him”
- Transliteration
- yik-ke-BU-hu
- Extended
- yihk-keh-BUH-hoo
- IPA
- /jiq.qəˈvuː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will curse him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
yik-ke-BU-hu
- clause
mo-NE-a BAR yik-ke-BU-hu le-OM
- sentence
mo-NE-a BAR yik-ke-BU-hu le-OM u-ve-ra-KHA le-ROSH mash-beer
Exegesis
The imperfect verb yik-kə-vū-hû {יִקְּבֻ֣הוּ | yik-kə-vū-hû} ‘they will curse him’ expresses the community’s future action, with the agent specified by the collective noun le-ʾôm {לְא֑וֹם | lə-ʾôm} ‘people’.
In context — Proverbs 11:26
The one who withholds grain will be cursed by the people, but a blessing will be upon the head of the one who sells .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 11:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 11:26, so the Hebrew word יִקְּבֻ֣הוּ (yikkebuhu) 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.11.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.26.W3.S1) and character.