Proverbs 20:21:1Prov.20.21.W1TAB
נַ֭חֲלָה
nakhala
“an inheritance”
- Transliteration
- na-kha-LA
- Extended
- nah-khah-LAA
- IPA
- /na.ħăˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- an inheritance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-kha-LA
- clause
na-kha-LA miv-kha-LET me-vo-HE-let ba-ri-sho-NA
- sentence
na-kha-LA miv-kha-LET me-vo-HE-let ba-ri-sho-NA ve-a-kha-ri-TAH LO te-vo-RAKH
Exegesis
The proverb begins with nachalah {נַ֭חֲלָה | naḥălā} ‘inheritance’ as the subject, modified by the Piel participle mevohelet {מְבֹהֶ֣לֶת | mĕvōhéleṯ}.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–ḥet–lamed
“to inherit, possess”
In context — Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance grabbed too quickly at the beginning will not be blessed in the end .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 20:21, so the Hebrew word נַ֭חֲלָה (nakhala) 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.20.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.21.W1.S1) and character.