Proverbs 29:22:5Prov.29.22.W5TAB
חֵמָ֣ה
khema
“wrath”
- Transliteration
- khe-MA
- Extended
- kheh-MAA
- IPA
- /ħeːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- wrath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
khe-MA
- phraseyour reading level
khe-MA rav-PA-sha
- clause
u-va-AL khe-MA rav-PA-sha
- sentence
ISH-AF ye-ga-RE ma-DON u-va-AL khe-MA rav-PA-sha
Exegesis
The compound ish-af {אִֽישׁ־אַ֭ף | ʾîš-ʾáp} ‘man of anger’ mirrors ūḇāʿǎl ḥḗmāh {וּבַ֖עַל חֵמָ֣ה | ū-ḇāʿǎl ḥê-māh} ‘owner of fury.’
In context — Proverbs 29:22
A man of anger stirs up strife, and one given to fury has abundant transgression.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 29:22, so the Hebrew word חֵמָ֣ה (khema) 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.29.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.22.W5.S1) and character.