Proverbs 28:22:7Prov.28.22.W7TAB
כִּי־חֶ֥סֶר
kikheser
“that lack”
- Transliteration
- KI-KHE-ser
- Extended
- KEE-KHEH-sehr
- IPA
- /kiːˈħɛ.sɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that lack
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KI-KHE-ser
- phraseyour reading level
KI-KHE-ser ye-VO-en-NU
- clause
ve-LO-ye-DA KI-KHE-ser ye-VO-en-NU
- sentence
nih-vo-HALl la-HON ISH RA A-yin ve-LO-ye-DA KI-KHE-ser ye-VO-en-NU
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction wə-lōʾ yēḏaʿ {וְלֹא־יֵדַע | wə-lōʾ yēḏaʿ} ‘and not he knows’ introduces the dependent clause kî ḥeṣer yᵉbōʾennū {כִּי־חֶסֶר יְבֹאֶנּוּ | kî ḥeṣer yᵉbōʾennū} ‘that poverty will come upon him’. This structure links urgency, greed, ignorance, and inevitable consequence.
Root and etymology
Rooth-s-r
“to lack, be deficient”
In context — Proverbs 28:22
A man who is hasty for wealth is one with an evil eye , and he does not know that poverty will come upon him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 28:22, so the Hebrew word כִּי־חֶ֥סֶר (kikheser) 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.28.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.22.W7.S1) and character.