Proverbs 4:24:7Prov.4.24.W7TAB
הַרְחֵ֥ק
harkhek
“put far”
- Transliteration
- har-KHEK
- Extended
- hahr-KHEHK
- IPA
- /harˈħeːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- put far
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
har-KHEK
- phraseyour reading level
har-KHEK mim-me-KA
- clause
u-le-ZUT se-fa-TA-yim har-KHEK mim-me-KA
- sentence
ha-SER mim-me-KHA ik-she-UT PE u-le-ZUT se-fa-TA-yim har-KHEK mim-me-KA
Exegesis
The verse employs two parallel Hiphil imperatives—haser {הָסֵר | hā-sēr} ‘remove’ and harcheik {הַרְחֵק | har-ḥēq} ‘let be far’—creating a chiastic frame that links the singular noun peh {פֶּה | p̄e} ‘mouth’ with the dual sefatayim {שְׂפָתַיִם | sə-p̄ā-ta-yim} ‘lips.’
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 4:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 4:24, so the Hebrew word הַרְחֵ֥ק (harkhek) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.24.W7.S1) and character.