Proverbs 22:13:6Prov.22.13.W6TAB
רְ֝חֹב֗וֹת
rekhovot
“streets”
- Transliteration
- re-KHO-VOT
- Extended
- reh-KHOH-VOHT
- IPA
- /rə.ħoˈvoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- streets
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
re-KHO-VOT
- phraseyour reading level
be-TOkh re-KHO-VOT
- clause
be-TOkh re-KHO-VOT e-ra-tse-AKH
- sentence
a-MAR a-TSEL a-RI va-KHUTS be-TOkh re-KHO-VOT e-ra-tse-AKH
Exegesis
A meristic sequence of spatial clauses—bachutz {בַּחוּץ | ba-ḥûṣ} ‘outside in the street’ and the parallel betoch rechovot {בְּתוֹךְ רְחֹבוֹת | bə-toḵ re-ḥô-vōṯ} ‘within the open squares’—escalates the sense of exposure in public venues.
Root and etymology
Rootr ḥ b
“broad place”
In context — Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside; I will be slain in the open squares .”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 22:13, so the Hebrew word רְ֝חֹב֗וֹת (rekhovot) 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.22.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.13.W6.S1) and character.