Proverbs 19:2:7Prov.19.2.W7TAB
חוֹטֵֽא׃
khote
“sins or errs”
- Transliteration
- kho-TE
- Extended
- khoh-TEE
- IPA
- /ħoːˈtˤeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- sins or errs
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 | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kho-TE
- phraseyour reading level
be-rag-LA-yim kho-TE
- clause
ve-ATS be-rag-LA-yim kho-TE
- sentence
GAM be-LO-DA-at NE-fesh lo-TOV ve-ATS be-rag-LA-yim kho-TE
Exegesis
The second clause begins with the participial construction wə-ʼāṣ bə-raḡ-lay-yim {וְאָ֖ץ בְּרַגְלַיִם | wə-ʼāṣ bə-raḡ-lay-yim} ‘and hurries with feet’, employing the Qal participle to indicate ongoing haste, and concludes with the predicate ḥō-ṭēʾ {חוֹטֵא | ḥō-ṭēʾ} ‘sins’. This antithetic parallelism contrasts the detrimental effects of ignorance with those of rashness. In translation, the Hebrew nominal clause is rendered with an English existential structure to preserve emphasis, and the Hebrew participle is rendered in the progressive aspect to reflect continuous action.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–tet–aleph
“to sin, miss the mark”
In context — Proverbs 19:2
Also, a soul without knowledge is not good , and one who is hasty with his feet sins .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 19:2, so the Hebrew word חוֹטֵֽא׃ (khote) 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.19.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.2.W7.S1) and character.