Proverbs 27:9:2Prov.27.9.W2TAB
וּ֭קְטֹרֶת
uketoret
“and incense”
- Transliteration
- u-ke-TO-ret
- Extended
- oo-keh-TOH-reht
- IPA
- /u.qəˈtɔ.rɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and incense
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ke-TO-ret
- clause
SHE-men u-ke-TO-ret ye-sa-ME-akh-LEV
- sentence
SHE-men u-ke-TO-ret ye-sa-ME-akh-LEV u-ME-tek re-E-HU me-a-TSAT-na-FESH
Exegesis
The first pair, shemen {שֶׁמֶן | šĕ-men} ‘oil’ and ketoret {קְטֹרֶת | qə-ṭō-reṯ} ‘incense’, functions as parallel agents that make the heart rejoice.
Root and etymology
Rootq-ṭ-r
“incense”
In context — Proverbs 27:9
Oil and incense make the heart rejoice, and the sweetness of a friend comes from the counsel of the soul .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 27:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 27:9, so the Hebrew word וּ֭קְטֹרֶת (uketoret) 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.27.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.9.W2.S1) and character.