Proverbs 17:16:4Prov.17.16.W4TAB
לִקְנ֖וֹת
liknot
“to buy”
- Transliteration
- lik-NOT
- Extended
- likh-NOHT
- IPA
- /liqˈnoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to buy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lik-NOT
- clause
lik-NOT kha-khe-MA ve-LEV-a-YIN
- sentence
la-MA-ze me-KHIR be-YAD-ke-SIL lik-NOT kha-khe-MA ve-LEV-a-YIN
Exegesis
The infinitive construct liknot {לִקְנוֹת | liq-nôṯ} ‘to acquire’ introduces a purpose clause with chokhmah {חָכְמָה | ḥākh-māh} ‘wisdom’ as its object.
In context — Proverbs 17:16
Why is there this price in the hand of a fool to acquire wisdom , when there is no heart ?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 17:16, so the Hebrew word לִקְנ֖וֹת (liknot) 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.17.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.16.W4.S1) and character.