Proverbs 29:8:5Prov.29.8.W5TAB
וַ֝חֲכָמִ֗ים
vakhakhamim
“but wise men”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-kha-MIM
- Extended
- vah-khah-khaa-MEEM
- IPA
- /vaħ.ħaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- but wise men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-kha-kha-MIM
- clause
va-kha-kha-MIM ya-SHI-vu AF
- sentence
an-SHE la-TSON ya-FI-khu kir-YA va-kha-kha-MIM ya-SHI-vu AF
Exegesis
The adversative vav in vachachamim {וַ֝חֲכָמִים | va·ḥă·ḵā·mîm} ‘but wise men’ signals a contrasting parallel clause.
Root and etymology
ḥ-k-mchet–kaf–mem
“to be wise”
In context — Proverbs 29:8
Men of mockery inflame a city, but wise men turn back wrath .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 29:8, so the Hebrew word וַ֝חֲכָמִ֗ים (vakhakhamim) 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.29.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.8.W5.S1) and character.