Proverbs 17:24:6Prov.17.24.W6TAB
בִּקְצֵה־אָֽרֶץ׃
biktsearets
“at the end of the earth”
- Transliteration
- bik-tse-A-rets
- Extended
- bihk-tseh-AA-rehts
- IPA
- /biqˈtseː.ʔaːˌrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the end of the earth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bik-tse-A-rets
- clause
ve-e-NE khe-SIL bik-tse-A-rets
- sentence
et-pe-NE me-VIN kho-khe-MA ve-e-NE khe-SIL bik-tse-A-rets
Exegesis
The locative phrase biketzeh aretz {בִּקְצֵה־אָֽרֶץ | bi-qᵊ-ṣê-ʾā-reṣ} ‘at-the-end-of earth’ specifies the extent of the fool’s gaze. This parallelism contrasts focused orientation with aimless seeking, and the English rendering retains the antithetical order while clarifying relational expressions.
In context — Proverbs 17:24
Wisdom is before the face of the one who understands, but the eyes of a fool are at the ends of the earth.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 17:24, so the Hebrew word בִּקְצֵה־אָֽרֶץ׃ (biktsearets) 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.17.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.24.W6.S1) and character.