Proverbs 27:24:4Prov.27.24.W4TAB
חֹ֑סֶן
khosen
“wealth”
- Transliteration
- KHO-sen
- Extended
- KHOH-sehn
- IPA
- /ˈħoːsɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- wealth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHO-sen
- clause
KI LO le-o-LAM KHO-sen
- sentence
KI LO le-o-LAM KHO-sen ve-im-NE-zer le-DOR DOR va-DOR
Exegesis
The negation lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ combined with the temporal phrase leolam {לְעוֹלָם | lə-ʿôlām} ‘forever’ limits the duration of hosen {חֹסֶן | ḥōsen} ‘wealth.’
Root and etymology
Rooth-s-n
“strength, store”
In context — Proverbs 27:24
For riches are not forever, and does a crown endure to every generation?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 27:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 27:24, so the Hebrew word חֹ֑סֶן (khosen) 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.27.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.24.W4.S1) and character.