Proverbs 14:22:2Prov.14.22.W2TAB
חֹ֣רְשֵׁי
khoreshe
“those who devise”
- Transliteration
- kho-re-SHE
- Extended
- khoh-reh-SHEH
- IPA
- /ħor.ˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- those who devise
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kho-re-SHE
- clause
ha-LO-yit-E-U kho-re-SHE RA
- sentence
ha-LO-yit-E-U kho-re-SHE RA ve-KHE-sed ve-e-MET kho-re-SHE TOV
Exegesis
The verb yitʿu {יִתְעוּ | yiṯ-ʿû} ‘they wander’ follows with choreshei ra {חֹרְשֵׁי רָע | ḥôr-šê râʿ} ‘those who plot evil’ as its subject.
The coordinating conjunction vechesed {וְחֶסֶד | wə-ḥe-seḏ} ‘and kindness’ pairs with veemet {וֶאֱמֶת | wə-ʾe-meṯ} ‘and truth’ to introduce the positive outcome for choreshei tov {חֹרְשֵׁי טוֹב | ḥôr-šê ṭôḇ} ‘those who plot good’. This antithetic parallelism contrasts moral rebellion with covenant faithfulness. The formal translation retains the Hebrew interrogative inversion, while the dynamic version adopts a declarative style to emphasize certainty.
Root and etymology
resh–shinresh–shin
“to be poor, in want”
In context — Proverbs 14:22
Do not those who plot evil go astray? But kindness and truth will be to those who plan what is good.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 14:22, so the Hebrew word חֹ֣רְשֵׁי (khoreshe) 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.14.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.22.W2.S1) and character.