Proverbs 15:7:2Prov.15.7.W2TAB
חֲ֭כָמִים
khakhamim
“wise men”
- Transliteration
- kha-kha-MIM
- Extended
- khah-khaa-MIHM
- IPA
- /ħăχaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- wise men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-kha-MIM
- clause
sif-TEI kha-kha-MIM ye-za-RU DA-at
- sentence
sif-TEI kha-kha-MIM ye-za-RU DA-at ve-LEV ke-si-LIM lo-KHEN
Exegesis
The construct chain of siftei {שִׂפְתֵי | ṣîp̄-tê} ‘lips’ with chakamim {חֲכָמִים | ḥa-ḵa-mîm} ‘wise persons’ serves as the first subject, followed by yezarû {יְזָרוּ | yᵉ-zā-rû} ‘scatter’, expressing habitual dissemination directed toward daʿat {דָּעַת | dā-ʿaṯ} ‘knowledge’.
Root and etymology
Roothet–kaf–mem
“to be wise, skillful”
In context — Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise will disperse knowledge, but the heart of fools does not do so.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 15:7, so the Hebrew word חֲ֭כָמִים (khakhamim) 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.15.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.7.W2.S1) and character.