Proverbs 15:20:2Prov.15.20.W2TAB
חָ֭כָם
khakham
“wise”
- Transliteration
- kha-KHAM
- Extended
- khaa-KHAAM
- IPA
- /ħaːˈxaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- wise
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
BEN kha-KHAM ye-sa-ME-akh-AV
- sentence
BEN kha-KHAM ye-sa-ME-akh-AV u-khe-SIL a-DAM bo-ZE i-MO
Exegesis
The proverb employs synonymous parallelism by pairing ben {בֵּן | bēn} ‘son’ + chakham {חָכָם | ḥākâm} ‘wise’ against u-kesil {וּכְסִיל | wə-kəsîl} ‘and fool’ + adam {אָדָם | ʾāḏām} ‘man.’
Root and etymology
ח־כ־םḥ-k-m
“wise, skilled”
In context — Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 15:20, so the Hebrew word חָ֭כָם (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.15.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.20.W2.S1) and character.