וּכְחוֹמָ֥ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּכְחוֹמָ֥ה

   u-khe-kho-MA

   and like a wall
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּכְחוֹמָ֥ה נִ֝שְׂגָּבָ֗ה

   u-khe-kho-MA ni-se-GA-va

   and like a wall set high
3. clause🔊 וּכְחוֹמָ֥ה נִ֝שְׂגָּבָ֗ה בְּמַשְׂכִּיתֽוֹ׃

   u-khe-kho-MA ni-se-GA-va be-mas-KIT-o

   and like a wall set high in his imagination
4. sentence🔊 ה֣וֹן עָ֭שִׁיר קִרְיַ֣ת עֻזּ֑וֹ וּכְחוֹמָ֥ה נִ֝שְׂגָּבָ֗ה בְּמַשְׂכִּיתֽוֹ׃

   HON a-SHIR kir-YAT u-ZO u-khe-kho-MA ni-se-GA-va be-mas-KIT-o

   wealth of a rich man city of his strength and like a wall set high in his imagination

Exegesis

The conjunction–preposition u-khe-chomah {וּכְחוֹמָה | u-kḥōmāh} introduces a simile (“and like a wall”), with the Niphal participle nissgavāh {נִשְׂגָּבָה | nissgavāh} ‘stands high’ emphasizing inaccessibility.