Proverbs 2:16:6Prov.2.16.W6TAB
הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃
hekhelika
“she has made smooth”
- Transliteration
- he-khe-li-KA
- Extended
- heh-kheh-lih-KAA
- IPA
- /hɛħ.ɛliːˈqaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she has made smooth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
he-khe-li-KA
- phraseyour reading level
a-ma-RE-ha he-khe-li-KA
- clause
min-NA-khri-YA a-ma-RE-ha he-khe-li-KA
- sentence
le-ha-TSIL-kha me-i-SHA za-RA min-NA-khri-YA a-ma-RE-ha he-khe-li-KA
Exegesis
The noun amareha {אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ | ʾă-mā-re-hā} and the perfect hechelika {הֶחֱלִיקָה׃ | he-ḥe-lî-qāh} form a result clause portraying flattery as deceptive. English retains this parallelism and sequential flow, with deliverance preceding danger.
In context — Proverbs 2:16
To deliver you from a strange woman, from a foreign woman whose words are smooth.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 2:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 2:16, so the Hebrew word הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ (hekhelika) 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.2.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.2.16.W6.S1) and character.