Proverbs 26:19:5Prov.26.19.W5TAB
הֲֽלֹא־מְשַׂחֵ֥ק
halomesakhek
“is it not, joking”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO-me-sa-KHEK
- Extended
- hah-LOH-meh-sah-KHEHK
- IPA
- /hăloː.məsaˈħeːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- is it not, joking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-LO-me-sa-KHEK
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO-me-sa-KHEK a-NI
- clause
ve-A-mar ha-LO-me-sa-KHEK a-NI
- sentence
KEN-ISH rim-MA ET-re-E-hu ve-A-mar ha-LO-me-sa-KHEK a-NI
Exegesis
The interrogative participle halo-mesakheq {הֲֽלֹא־מְשַׂחֵ֥ק | hə-lō’-mə-sā-ḥēq} downplays the action as mere play.
In context — Proverbs 26:19
So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Was I not only playing ?”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 26:19, so the Hebrew word הֲֽלֹא־מְשַׂחֵ֥ק (halomesakhek) 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.26.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.19.W5.S1) and character.