Proverbs 14:16:1Prov.14.16.W1TAB
חָכָ֣ם
khakham
“a wise man or wise person”
- Transliteration
- kha-KHAM
- Extended
- khah-KHAAM
- IPA
- /ħaːˈχaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a wise man or wise person
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-KHAM
- clause
kha-KHAM ya-RE ve-SAR me-RA
- sentence
kha-KHAM ya-RE ve-SAR me-RA u-khe-SIL mit-e-AB-ber u-vo-TE-akh
Exegesis
The verse begins with the noun chakham {חָכָם | ḥā-kām} ‘wise’, setting up an antithesis.
Root and etymology
“be wise”
In context — Proverbs 14:16
A wise person fears and turns away from evil, but the fool boils over and is confident.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 14:16, so the Hebrew word חָכָ֣ם (khakham) 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.14.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.16.W1.S1) and character.