Proverbs 25:18:9Prov.25.18.W9TAB

שָֽׁקֶר׃

shaker

of falsehood

Transliteration
sha-KER
Extended
shaa-KEHR
IPA
/ʃaːˈqɛr/

Meaning by language

English
of falsehood

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שָֽׁ + קֶר׃
sha + ker
shaker

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    sha-KER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ED sha-KER

  3. clause

    ISH O-ne ve-re-E-HU ED sha-KER

  4. sentence

    me-FITS ve-KHE-rev ve-KHETS sha-NUN ISH O-ne ve-re-E-HU ED sha-KER

Exegesis

The prepositional construct bǝ-rêʿehû {בְ־רֵעֵהוּ | bǝ-rêʿehû} ‘against his neighbor’ indicates the target, and the noun phrase ʿēd šāqer {עֵד שָׁקֶר | ʿēd šāqer} ‘false witness’ serves as the object.

Root and etymology

š-q-rshin–qof–resh

lie, falsehood

In contextProverbs 25:18

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a breaker , a sword, and a sharp arrow.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 25:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Proverbs 25:18, so the Hebrew word שָֽׁקֶר׃ (shaker) 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.25.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.18.W9.S1) and character.