Proverbs 19:25:5Prov.19.25.W5TAB
וְהוֹכִ֥יחַ
vehokhiakh
“and he who reproves”
- Transliteration
- ve-ho-KHI-akh
- Extended
- veh-hoh-KHEE-akh
- IPA
- /vəhɔˈxiː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he who reproves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ho-KHI-akh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ho-KHI-akh le-na-VON
- clause
ve-ho-KHI-akh le-na-VON ya-VIN DA-at
- sentence
LETS ta-KKE u-fe-TI ya-e-RIM ve-ho-KHI-akh le-na-VON ya-VIN DA-at
Exegesis
The second clause mirrors this pattern: the piel imperative wə-hôkîaḥ {וְהוֹכִיחַ | wə-hô-kî-aḥ} ‘reprove’ addresses the discerning (navon {נָבוֹן | nā-vōn}), and the hiphil imperfect yā-vîn {יָבִין | yā-vîn} ‘he will discern’ presents the resulting knowledge (dā-ʽaṯ {דָּעַת | dā-ʽaṯ}). This parallelism highlights how discipline transforms both the simple and the discerning.
In context — Proverbs 19:25
Strike a scoffer, and the simple will become shrewd; and reprove one who is understanding, and he will discern knowledge .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 19:25, so the Hebrew word וְהוֹכִ֥יחַ (vehokhiakh) 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.19.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.25.W5.S1) and character.