Proverbs 4:11:3Prov.4.11.W3TAB
הֹרֵתִ֑יךָ
horetikha
“I instructed you”
- Transliteration
- ho-RE-ti-KHA
- Extended
- hoh-REE-tih-KHAA
- IPA
- /hoːreːˈtiːχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I instructed you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ho-RE-ti-KHA
- clause
be-DE-rekh KHA-khe-MA ho-RE-ti-KHA
- sentence
be-DE-rekh KHA-khe-MA ho-RE-ti-KHA hi-de-RAKH-ti-KHA be-ma-e-gel-LE-yo-SHER
Exegesis
The first, bederekh chokhmah {בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ חָ֭כְמָה | bə-ḏə-rə-ḵ ḥā-ḵə-mā}, functions as a temporal or locative frame “in the way of wisdom,” followed by the causative verb horetikha {הֹרֵתִ֑יךָ | hō-rē-ṯî-kā} “I have instructed you.”
In context — Proverbs 4:11
I have instructed you in the way of wisdom, and I have led you in paths of uprightness .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 4:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 4:11, so the Hebrew word הֹרֵתִ֑יךָ (horetikha) 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.4.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.11.W3.S1) and character.