Proverbs 19:12:5Prov.19.12.W5TAB
וּכְטַ֖ל
ukhetal
“and like dew”
- Transliteration
- u-khe-TAL
- Extended
- oo-kheh-TAHL
- IPA
- /uχəˈtˤal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and like dew
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-khe-TAL
- clause
u-khe-TAL al-E-SEV re-tso-NO
- sentence
NA-ham ka-ke-FIR ZA-af ME-lekh u-khe-TAL al-E-SEV re-tso-NO
Exegesis
The simile markers are the prepositional phrases kakfir {כַּכְּפִיר | ka-ḵə-p̄īr} ‘like a young lion’ and wə-ṭal {וּכְטַל | wə-ḵə-ṭal} ‘and like dew.’
In context — Proverbs 19:12
The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a young lion, and his favor is like dew upon the grass .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 19:12, so the Hebrew word וּכְטַ֖ל (ukhetal) 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.19.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.12.W5.S1) and character.