Proverbs 30:27:5Prov.30.27.W5TAB
חֹצֵ֣ץ
khotsets
“in divisions”
- Transliteration
- kho-TSETS
- Extended
- khoh-TSEHTS
- IPA
- /ħoːˈtsɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- in divisions
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kho-TSETS
- phraseyour reading level
kho-TSETS ku-LO
- clause
va-ye-TSE kho-TSETS ku-LO
- sentence
ME-lekh EN la-AR-be va-ye-TSE kho-TSETS ku-LO
Exegesis
The vav consecutive verb vayetze {וַיֵּצֵ֖א | wayyəṣēʾ} signals narrative progression, and the participle chotzetz {חֹצֵ֣ץ | ḥōṣēṣ} functions adverbially as “in divisions.”
Root and etymology
ḥ-ṣ-ṣcheth–tsade–tsade
“to divide, to separate”
In context — Proverbs 30:27
The locusts have no king, yet they all go out in divisions ;
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 30:27, so the Hebrew word חֹצֵ֣ץ (khotsets) 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.30.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.27.W5.S1) and character.