Proverbs 25:21:6Prov.25.21.W6TAB
הַשְׁקֵ֥הוּ
hashekehu
“give him drink or cause him to drink”
- Transliteration
- ha-she-KE-hu
- Extended
- hah-sheh-KEE-hoo
- IPA
- /haʃ.qeːˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- give him drink or cause him to drink
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ha-she-KE-hu
- phraseyour reading level
ha-she-KE-hu MA-yim
- clause
ve-IM-tsa-ME ha-she-KE-hu MA-yim
- sentence
IM-RA-ev so-NA-kha ha-a-khi-LE-hu LA-khem ve-IM-tsa-ME ha-she-KE-hu MA-yim
In context — Proverbs 25:21
If your enemy is hungry, feed him bread, and if he is thirsty , give him water to drink.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 25:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 25:21, so the Hebrew word הַשְׁקֵ֥הוּ (hashekehu) 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.25.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.21.W6.S1) and character.