Proverbs 26:2:7Prov.26.2.W7TAB
חִ֝נָּ֗ם
khinam
“without cause”
- Transliteration
- khi-NAM
- Extended
- khih-NAAM
- IPA
- /ħinˈnaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- without cause
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khi-NAM
- phraseyour reading level
KEN kil-laT khi-NAM
- clause
KEN kil-laT khi-NAM lo LO ta-VO
- sentence
ka-TSI-por la-NUD ka-de-ROR la-UF KEN kil-laT khi-NAM lo LO ta-VO
Exegesis
The correlative adverb kēn {כֵּ֥ן | kēn} ‘so’ introduces the result clause, where qillāṯ {קִֽלְלַ֥ת | qillā·ṯ} ‘curse’ modified by ḥinnām {חִ֝נָּ֗ם | ḥinnām} ‘without cause’ marks the theme.
Root and etymology
ח־נ־ם
“grace; without payment”
In context — Proverbs 26:2
Like a sparrow that keeps wandering and a swallow that keeps flying, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 26:2, so the Hebrew word חִ֝נָּ֗ם (khinam) 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.26.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.2.W7.S1) and character.