Proverbs 14:22:4Prov.14.22.W4TAB
וְחֶ֥סֶד
vekhesed
“and steadfast love”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHE-sed
- Extended
- veh-KHEH-sehd
- IPA
- /wəˈħɛ.sɛd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and steadfast love
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
ve-KHE-sed
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHE-sed ve-e-MET
- clause
ve-KHE-sed ve-e-MET kho-re-SHE TOV
- sentence
ha-LO-yit-E-U kho-re-SHE RA ve-KHE-sed ve-e-MET kho-re-SHE TOV
Exegesis
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
Rootchet–samekh–dalet
“steadfast love”
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 14:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 14:22, so the Hebrew word וְחֶ֥סֶד (vekhesed) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.22.W4.S1) and character.