Proverbs 28:6:2Prov.28.6.W2TAB

הוֹלֵ֣ךְ

holekh

walking

Transliteration
ho-LEKH
Extended
hoh-LEEKH
IPA
/hoːˈleːx/

Meaning by language

English
walking

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הוֹ + לֵ֣ךְ
ho + lekh
holekh

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    ho-LEKH

  2. clause

    TOV-RASH ho-LEKH be-tum-MO

  3. sentence

    TOV-RASH ho-LEKH be-tum-MO me-i-KESH de-ra-KHA-yim ve-HU a-SHIR

Exegesis

Its subject rash {רָ֭שׁ | rāš} ‘a poor one’ is followed by the Qal active participle holekh {הוֹלֵ֣ךְ | hôlêḵ} ‘walking’ and the construct phrase b’tumo {בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ | bə-tû-mô} ‘in his integrity’, specifying manner.

Root and etymology

h-l-kheh–lamed–kaf

to walk, to go

In contextProverbs 28:6

Better is a poor person who walks in integrity than one who is perverse in his ways, though he is rich.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 28:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 28:6, 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.28.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.6.W2.S1) and character.