Proverbs 29:20:1Prov.29.20.W1TAB
חָזִ֗יתָ
khazita
“have you seen”
- Transliteration
- kha-ZI-ta
- Extended
- khaa-ZIH-tah
- IPA
- /ħaːˈziː.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- have you seen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-ZI-ta
- clause
kha-ZI-ta ISH ATS bid-va-RAI-v
- sentence
kha-ZI-ta ISH ATS bid-va-RAI-v tik-VA likh-SIL mi-ME-nu
Exegesis
The verse opens with the perfect verb form chazita {חָזִ֗יתָ | ḥā-zi-ṯā} ‘Have you seen’, establishing a rhetorical question.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–zayin–heh
“to see, perceive”
In context — Proverbs 29:20
Have you seen a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 29:20, so the Hebrew word חָזִ֗יתָ (khazita) 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.29.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.20.W1.S1) and character.