Proverbs 26:20:3Prov.26.20.W3TAB
תִּכְבֶּה־אֵ֑שׁ
tikhbeesh
“a fire is quenched or goes out”
- Transliteration
- tikh-BE-ESH
- Extended
- tihkh-BEH-EESH
- IPA
- /tiχˈbɛː.ˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a fire is quenched or goes out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tikh-BE-ESH
- clause
be-E-fes E-tsim tikh-BE-ESH
- sentence
be-E-fes E-tsim tikh-BE-ESH u-ve-EN nir-GAN yish-TOK ma-DON
Exegesis
In the first clause, the Qal imperfect verb tikhbeh {תִּכְבֶּה־ | tik-kə-bêh} ‘it goes out’ takes esh {אֵ֑שׁ | ʾêš} ‘fire’ as its subject, expressing a general truth about fire.
Root and etymology
א־י־ש
“male person”
In context — Proverbs 26:20
When there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no slanderer , contention quiets down.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 26:20, so the Hebrew word תִּכְבֶּה־אֵ֑שׁ (tikhbeesh) 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.26.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.20.W3.S1) and character.