Proverbs 26:27:1Prov.26.27.W1TAB
כֹּֽרֶה־שַּׁ֭חַת
koreshakhat
“one who digs a pit”
- Transliteration
- KO-re-SHA-khat
- Extended
- KOH-reh-SHAH-khaht
- IPA
- /koːˈreː.ʃaħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- one who digs a pit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KO-re-SHA-khat
- clause
KO-re-SHA-khat BAH yip-POL
- sentence
KO-re-SHA-khat BAH yip-POL ve-go-LEL E-ven e-LAV ta-SHUV
Exegesis
The first clause begins with koreh {כֹּרֶה | kôrê} ‘one who digs’ followed by its object shachat {שַּׁחַת | šaḥaṯ} ‘pit’, leading to the imperfect yippol {יִפֹּל | yippōl} ‘will fall’, establishing a protasis-apodosis pattern.
Root and etymology
כ־ר־ה
“to dig, excavate”
In context — Proverbs 26:27
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; and whoever rolls a stone will have it return upon him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 26:27, so the Hebrew word כֹּֽרֶה־שַּׁ֭חַת (koreshakhat) 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.26.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.27.W1.S1) and character.