Proverbs 26:23:4Prov.26.23.W4TAB
עַל־חָ֑רֶשׂ
alkhares
“upon earthenware”
- Transliteration
- al-KHA-res
- Extended
- ahl-KHAA-rehs
- IPA
- /ʕal.ħaːˈrɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon earthenware
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-KHA-res
- clause
KE-sef SI-gim me-tsu-PE al-KHA-res
- sentence
KE-sef SI-gim me-tsu-PE al-KHA-res se-fa-TA-yim dol-KIM ve-lev-RA
Exegesis
The participle metzuppeh {מְצֻפֶּ֣ה | me-ẓup̄-pĕh} ‘covered’ governs cheresh {חָ֑רֶשׂ | ḥā-rĕš} ‘potsherd’ in the prepositional phrase al-cheresh ‘on a potsherd’.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-šchet–resh–shin
“potsherd”
In context — Proverbs 26:23
Like silver dross laid over a potsherd, so are burning lips and a wicked heart .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 26:23, so the Hebrew word עַל־חָ֑רֶשׂ (alkhares) 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.26.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.23.W4.S1) and character.