Proverbs 30:24:5Prov.30.24.W5TAB
חֲכָמִ֥ים
khakhamim
“wise”
- Transliteration
- kha-kha-MIM
- Extended
- khah-khaa-MIHM
- IPA
- /ħa.xaˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- wise
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
kha-kha-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
kha-kha-MIM me-khu-kka-MIM
- clause
ve-HEM-ma kha-kha-MIM me-khu-kka-MIM
- sentence
ar-ba-A HEM ke-tan-NE-AR-ets ve-HEM-ma kha-kha-MIM me-khu-kka-MIM
Exegesis
Finally, the paired adjective chakamim {חֲכָמִים | ḥă-kā-mîm} ‘wise’ and Puʿal participle mechukkamim {מְחֻכָּמִים | mə-ḥu-k-kā-mîm} ‘made very wise’ form an intensifying parallelism that underscores unexpected wisdom.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–kaph–mem
“wise”
In context — Proverbs 30:24
Four little ones on the earth, yet they are exceedingly wise .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 30:24, so the Hebrew word חֲכָמִ֥ים (khakhamim) 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.30.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.24.W5.S1) and character.