Proverbs 28:23:4Prov.28.23.W4TAB

חֵ֣ן

khen

favor

Transliteration
KHEN
Extended
KHEEN
IPA
/ˈħeːn/

Meaning by language

English
favor

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    KHEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-DAM a-kha-RAI KHEN yim-TS A

  3. clause

    mo-KHI-akh a-DAM a-kha-RAI KHEN yim-TS A

  4. sentence

    mo-KHI-akh a-DAM a-kha-RAI KHEN yim-TS A mim-ma-kha-LIK la-SHON

Exegesis

The prepositional adverbial acharai {אַ֭חֲרַי | ă-ḥă-rāy} ‘afterward’ introduces a result clause marked by the object-verb sequence chen yimtsa {חֵ֣ן יִמְצָ֑א | ḥên yim-ṣāʾ} ‘favor will find’, emphasizing the outcome through object-verb order.

Root and etymology

ḥ-n-ncheth–nun–nun

grace, favor

In contextProverbs 28:23

One who reproves a man will afterward find favor more than one who flatters the tongue .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 28:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 28:23, so the Hebrew word חֵ֣ן (khen) 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.28.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.23.W4.S1) and character.