Proverbs 29:24:1Prov.29.24.W1TAB
חוֹלֵ֣ק
kholek
“one sharing or partner”
- Transliteration
- kho-LEK
- Extended
- khoh-LEHK
- IPA
- /ħoːˈlɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- one sharing or partner
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kho-LEK
- clause
kho-LEK im-ga-NAV so-NE naf-SHO
- sentence
kho-LEK im-ga-NAV so-NE naf-SHO a-LA yish-MA ve-LO ya-GID
Exegesis
This proverb begins with a subject participle clause introduced by cholek {חוֹלֵ֣ק | ḥō-lēq} ‘one who shares’, followed by the prepositional phrase im {עִם־ | ʿim} with its object ganav {גַּ֭נָּב | gannāḇ} ‘thief’, establishing wrongful association.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–lamed–qof
“to divide, share”
In context — Proverbs 29:24
Whoever partners with a thief hates his own soul ; he hears the oath yet does not report it.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 29:24, so the Hebrew word חוֹלֵ֣ק (kholek) 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.29.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.24.W1.S1) and character.