Proverbs 28:18:1Prov.28.18.W1TAB
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
holekh
“one who walks”
- Transliteration
- ho-LEKH
- Extended
- hoh-LEHKH
- IPA
- /hoːˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- one who walks
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ho-LEKH
- clause
ho-LEKH ta-MIM yi-va-SHE-a
- sentence
ho-LEKH ta-MIM yi-va-SHE-a ve-ne-KASH de-ra-KHA-yim yi-POL be-e-KHAT
Exegesis
The Hebrew begins with the Qal active participle holekh {הוֹלֵ֣ךְ | hô-lĕḵ} ‘walking,’ foregrounding ongoing ethical character, immediately followed by the adjective tamim {תָּ֭מִם | tâ-mîm} ‘blameless,’ specifying moral integrity.
Root and etymology
h-l-kheh–lamed–kaf
“to walk, to go”
In context — Proverbs 28:18
Whoever walks blamelessly will be saved, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 28:18, so the Hebrew word הוֹלֵ֣ךְ (holekh) 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.28.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.18.W1.S1) and character.