Proverbs 21:14:6Prov.21.14.W6TAB
חֵמָ֥ה
khema
“wrath”
- Transliteration
- khe-MA
- Extended
- khee-MAA
- IPA
- /ħeː.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- wrath
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
khe-MA
- phraseyour reading level
khe-MA az-ZAH
- clause
ve-SHO-khad ba-KHEK khe-MA az-ZAH
- sentence
mat-TAN bas-SE-ter yi-KHE-PE-AF ve-SHO-khad ba-KHEK khe-MA az-ZAH
Exegesis
The second clause mirrors this with wə-šōḥāḏ {וְשֹׁחַד | wə-šōḥāḏ} ‘bribe’, ba-cheq {בַּחֵק | baḥēq} ‘in the bosom’, ḥēmāh {חֵמָה | ḥēmāh} ‘wrath’, and the attributive adjective ʿazzāh {עַזָּה | ʿazzāh} ‘fierce’. This chiastic parallelism highlights how hidden gifts and close bribes function to soothe both anger and intense wrath, reinforcing the proverb’s moral instruction.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–mem–he
“heat; wrath”
In context — Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret covers anger, and a bribe in the bosom pacifies fierce wrath.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 21:14, so the Hebrew word חֵמָ֥ה (khema) 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.21.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.14.W6.S1) and character.