Proverbs 25:3:8Prov.25.3.W8TAB
חֵֽקֶר׃
kheker
“searching out”
- Transliteration
- KHE-ker
- Extended
- KHEH-kehr
- IPA
- /ˈħeːqɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- searching out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHE-ker
- phraseyour reading level
EN KHE-ker
- clause
ve-LEV me-la-KHIM EN KHE-ker
- sentence
sha-MA-yim la-RUM va-A-rets la-O-mek ve-LEV me-la-KHIM EN KHE-ker
Exegesis
The negative existential ein cheker {אֵין חֵקֶר | ʾêyn khê-qer} ‘there is not searching out’ forms a result clause asserting the impossibility of examining the royal heart. The construct chain ve-lev melakhim indicates possession by linking ‘heart’ directly to ‘kings.’ English reproduces the parallel structure and supplies the copula in the negative existential, preserving the poetic intensification from cosmic realms to human psychology.
Root and etymology
ch-q-rchet, kuf, resh
“search, investigate”
In context — Proverbs 25:3
As the heavens are for height and the earth for depth, so the heart of kings cannot be searched .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 25:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 25:3, so the Hebrew word חֵֽקֶר׃ (kheker) 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.25.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.3.W8.S1) and character.