Proverbs 28:3:6Prov.28.3.W6TAB
סֹ֝חֵ֗ף
sokhef
“sweeping away”
- Transliteration
- so-KHEF
- Extended
- soh-KHEEF
- IPA
- /soːˈħeːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- sweeping away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
so-KHEF
- phraseyour reading level
ma-TAR so-KHEF
- clause
ma-TAR so-KHEF ve-EN LA-khem
- sentence
GE-ver RASH ve-o-SHEK da-LIM ma-TAR so-KHEF ve-EN LA-khem
Exegesis
This is matched by the simile chain matar sochef {מָטָר סֹחֵף | mā-ṭār sō-ḥêp̄} ‘rain sweeping-away,’ where sochef functions predicatively without a marker for “like,” an elliptic simile common in Hebrew poetry.
In context — Proverbs 28:3
A poor man who oppresses the needy is like a rainstorm that sweeps away and leaves no bread .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 28:3, so the Hebrew word סֹ֝חֵ֗ף (sokhef) 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.28.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.3.W6.S1) and character.