Proverbs 4:24:3Prov.4.24.W3TAB
עִקְּשׁ֣וּת
iksheut
“crookedness”
- Transliteration
- ik-she-UT
- Extended
- ihk-sheh-OOT
- IPA
- /ʕiq.ʃəˈsuːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- crookedness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ik-she-UT
- clause
ha-SER mim-me-KHA ik-she-UT PE
- sentence
ha-SER mim-me-KHA ik-she-UT PE u-le-ZUT se-fa-TA-yim har-KHEK mim-me-KA
Exegesis
The coordinated nouns iqqeshut {עִקְּשׁוּת | ʿiq-qā-šût} ‘crookedness’ and ulezut {וּלְזוּת | ū-le-zût} ‘perversion’ highlight volitional distortion in speech, while the conjunction on ulezut maintains the flow between commands. The attached prepositional phrases directly bind moral failures to the speech organs, urging complete separation from corrupt words. English renderings preserve the original’s forceful causative mood and parallel structure.
Root and etymology
ʿ-q-shayin–qoph–shin
“to twist, bend”
In context — Proverbs 4:24
Remove from yourself the crookedness of mouth, and let the perversion of lips be far from you.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 4:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 4:24, so the Hebrew word עִקְּשׁ֣וּת (iksheut) 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.4.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.24.W3.S1) and character.