Proverbs 24:13:6Prov.24.13.W6TAB
עַל־חִכֶּֽךָ׃
alkhikekha
“upon your palate or taste”
- Transliteration
- al-KHI-ke-kha
- Extended
- ahl-KHIH-keh-khah
- IPA
- /ʕal.ħikˈkɛxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon your palate or taste
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
al-KHI-ke-kha
- clause
ve-NO-fet ma-TOK al-KHI-ke-kha
- sentence
e-KHOL-be-NI de-VASH KI-TOV ve-NO-fet ma-TOK al-KHI-ke-kha
Exegesis
A second coordinated noun phrase, venofet {וְנֹפֶת | wə-nō-p̄eṯ} ‘and honeycomb’, is modified by matok {מָ֝ת֗וֹק | mā-tōq} ‘sweet’, and the prepositional phrase al-chikekha {עַל־חִכֶּֽךָ | ʿal-ḥi-kke-ḵā} ‘upon your palate’ indicates locus. The absence of subordinating conjunctions heightens immediacy and vivid sensory appeal. In translation, retaining the paratactic “for” mirrors Hebrew ki’s explanatory function, while “upon your palate” preserves the bodily metaphor central to the proverb’s imagery.
In context — Proverbs 24:13
Eat, my son, honey , for it is good, and honeycomb, which is sweet upon your palate .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 24:13, so the Hebrew word עַל־חִכֶּֽךָ׃ (alkhikekha) 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.24.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.13.W6.S1) and character.