Proverbs 17:27:1Prov.17.27.W1TAB
חוֹשֵׂ֣ךְ
khosekh
“one who holds back”
- Transliteration
- kho-SEKH
- Extended
- khoh-SEHKH
- IPA
- /ħoːˈseːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- one who holds back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kho-SEKH
- clause
kho-SEKH a-ma-RAV yo-DE-a da-AT
- sentence
kho-SEKH a-ma-RAV yo-DE-a da-AT ve-kar-ye-KAR-RU-akh ISH te-vu-NA
Exegesis
The first line begins with chosekh {חוֹשֵׂ֣ךְ | ḥō-śē-ḵ} ‘restraining’, linked to amarav {אֲ֭מָרָיו | ă-mā-rā-yāw} ‘his words’ in construct, forming a participial relative clause of habitual action.
Root and etymology
ח־שׂ־ך
“to withhold”
In context — Proverbs 17:27
He who restrains his words has knowledge, and a man of understanding has a calm spirit .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 17:27, so the Hebrew word חוֹשֵׂ֣ךְ (khosekh) 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.17.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.27.W1.S1) and character.