Proverbs 29:15:2Prov.29.15.W2TAB
וְ֭תוֹכַחַת
vetokhakhat
“and reproof”
- Transliteration
- ve-TO-kha-khat
- Extended
- veh-TOH-khah-khaht
- IPA
- /vəˈtoː.χa.ħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- and reproof
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-TO-kha-khat
- clause
SHE-vet ve-TO-kha-khat yit-TEN kha-khe-MA
- sentence
SHE-vet ve-TO-kha-khat yit-TEN kha-khe-MA ve-NA-ar me-shu-LAKH me-VISH i-MO
Exegesis
The verse opens with shevet {שֵׁ֣בֶט | šēḇeṭ} ‘rod’ and ve-tokhachat {וְ֭תוֹכַחַת | wə-ṯôḵaḥâṯ} ‘reproof’ joined by the conjunction vav, forming a compound subject for yittēn {יִתֵּ֣ן | yittēn} ‘will give,’ with chokhmah {חָכְמָ֑ה | ḥōkmāh} ‘wisdom’ as the direct object.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–kaph–chet
“rebuke, reproof”
In context — Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 29:15, so the Hebrew word וְ֭תוֹכַחַת (vetokhakhat) 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.29.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.15.W2.S1) and character.