Proverbs 25:24:8Prov.25.24.W8TAB
חָֽבֶר׃
khaver
“shared companionship”
- Transliteration
- KHA-ver
- Extended
- KHAA-vehr
- IPA
- /ˈħaː.vɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- shared companionship
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHA-ver
- phraseyour reading level
u-VEIT KHA-ver
- clause
me-E-shet me-do-NIM mid-ya-NIM u-VEIT KHA-ver
- sentence
TOV SHE-vet al-pi-NAT-GAG me-E-shet me-do-NIM mid-ya-NIM u-VEIT KHA-ver
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction u in ubeit haver {וּבֵ֥ית חָֽבֶר | û-beit ḥā-ver} ‘and in a shared house’ parallels the first clause, heightening the contrast. The Hebrew comparative syntax is rendered by paralleling “better … than” and retaining the infinitive form. The juxtaposition of solitary danger with domestic discord underscores the proverb’s message.
Root and etymology
ḥ-v-rchet–bet–resh
“to join, associate”
In context — Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell on the corner of a rooftop than with a quarrelsome woman and in a shared house .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 25:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 25:24, so the Hebrew word חָֽבֶר׃ (khaver) 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.25.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.24.W8.S1) and character.