Proverbs 14:32:4Prov.14.32.W4TAB
וְחֹסֶ֖ה
vekhose
“but one taking refuge”
- Transliteration
- ve-kho-SE
- Extended
- veh-khoh-SEH
- IPA
- /wəħoːˈseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but one taking refuge
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kho-SE
- clause
ve-kho-SE ve-mo-TO tsa-DIK
- sentence
be-ra-a-TO yid-DA-khe ra-SHA ve-kho-SE ve-mo-TO tsa-DIK
Exegesis
The adversative conjunction introduces a contrasting second clause with the Qal participle ve-choseh {וְחֹסֶ֖ה | wə-ḥō-seh} ‘takes refuge’ followed by the locative be-moto {בְמוֹת֣וֹ | bə-mō-tō} ‘in his death’, highlighting the assured shelter for the tsaddiq {צַדִּֽ͏ִיק | ṣad-dīq} ‘righteous one’. This chiastic parallelism between expulsion and refuge reinforces the proverb’s moral antithesis.
Root and etymology
ḥ-s-h
“to take refuge”
In context — Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is cast aside in his own wickedness , but in his death the righteous has refuge .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 14:32, so the Hebrew word וְחֹסֶ֖ה (vekhose) 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.14.32.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.32.W4.S1) and character.