Proverbs 26:6:3Prov.26.6.W3TAB
חָמָ֣
khamas
“violence”
- Transliteration
- kha-MAS
- Extended
- khaa-MAAS
- IPA
- /ħaːˈmaːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- violence
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-MAS
- clause
me-kats-TSHE rag-la-YIM kha-MAS sho-TE
- sentence
me-kats-TSHE rag-la-YIM kha-MAS sho-TE sho-LE-akh de-va-RIM be-yad-ke-SIL
Exegesis
In the second clause, the Piel participle meqatzeh {מְקַצֶּה | mə-qaṭ-ṣê} ‘he cuts off’ takes raglayim {רַגְלַיִם | răg-lă-yim} as its object, while shoteh chamas {שֹׁתֶה חָמָס | shŏ-ṯê ḥă-mâs} ‘he drinks violence’ reinforces the metaphor of enduring harm. The chiastic arrangement of participle–object–participle intensifies the warning against entrusting important tasks to an incompetent agent.
Root and etymology
ḥ-m-schet–mem–samekh
“violence, wrongdoing”
In context — Proverbs 26:6
He who sends messages by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 26:6, so the Hebrew word חָמָ֣ (khamas) 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.26.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.6.W3.S1) and character.