Proverbs 28:26:5Prov.28.26.W5TAB
וְהוֹלֵ֥ךְ
veholekh
“and walking”
- Transliteration
- ve-ho-LEKH
- Extended
- veh-hoh-LEHKH
- IPA
- /vəhoːˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and walking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ve-ho-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ho-LEKH be-kha-KHMA
- clause
ve-ho-LEKH be-kha-KHMA HU yim-ma-LET
- sentence
BO-te-akh be-LIB-bo HU khe-SIL ve-ho-LEKH be-kha-KHMA HU yim-ma-LET
Exegesis
The proverb employs antithetic parallelism with two participle clauses: boteach {בּוֹטֵ֣חַ | bôṭēaḥ} ‘trusting’ paired with veholekh {וְהוֹלֵ֥ךְ | wəhōlêḵ} ‘walking.’
Root and etymology
h-l-kheh–lamed–kaf
“to walk, to go”
In context — Proverbs 28:26
He who trusts in his own heart is a fool , but whoever walks in wisdom will be delivered .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 28:26, so the Hebrew word וְהוֹלֵ֥ךְ (veholekh) 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.28.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.26.W5.S1) and character.