Proverbs 22:29:9Prov.22.29.W9TAB
חֲשֻׁכִּֽים׃
khashukim
“obscure men”
- Transliteration
- kha-SHU-KIM
- Extended
- khah-SHUH-KEEM
- IPA
- /ħă.ʃu.ˈkiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- obscure men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-SHU-KIM
- phraseyour reading level
li-fe-NEI kha-SHU-KIM
- clause
BAL-yi-te-ya-TSEV li-fe-NEI kha-SHU-KIM
- sentence
kha-ZI-ta ISH ma-HIR bi-me-lakh-TO li-fe-NEI-me-la-KHIM yi-te-ya-TSAV BAL-yi-te-ya-TSEV li-fe-NEI kha-SHU-KIM
Exegesis
The dual Hitpael imperfect yityatzev {יִתְיַצָּב | yiṯ-yaṣ-ṣāḇ} frames result clauses, marking honor before melakhim {מְלָכִים | mə-lā-ḵîm} ‘kings’ and failure before chashukim {חֲשֻׁכִּֽים | ḥă-šuk-kîm} ‘obscure ones’. This parallelism heightens the contrast between elevated recognition and neglect.
Root and etymology
Rootḥ-sh-k
“to be dark, obscure”
In context — Proverbs 22:29
Have you seen a man skillful in his work ? He will take his place before kings; he will not take his place before obscure men .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Proverbs 22:29, so the Hebrew word חֲשֻׁכִּֽים׃ (khashukim) 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.22.29.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.29.W9.S1) and character.