Proverbs 4:25:2Prov.4.25.W2TAB
לְנֹ֣כַח
lenokhakh
“straight ahead”
- Transliteration
- le-NO-khakh
- Extended
- leh-NOH-khahkh
- IPA
- /ləˈnoː.χaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- straight ahead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-NO-khakh
- clause
E-ne-KHA le-NO-khakh ya-BI-tu
- sentence
E-ne-KHA le-NO-khakh ya-BI-tu ve-af-a-PE-kha ya-ye-SHI-ru NEG-de-KHA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the possessive noun eneikha {עֵ֭ינֶיךָ | ʾê-nê-ḵā} ‘your eyes’, followed by the prepositional phrase lenokhach {לְנֹ֣כַח | lə-nō-ḥaḥ} ‘toward what is ahead’, establishing an imperative frame with the Hiphil verb yabbitu {יַבִּ֑יטוּ | ya-bbî-ṭû} ‘let them look’.
Root and etymology
“straight, opposite”
In context — Proverbs 4:25
Let your eyes look ahead , and let your eyelids look straight before you.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 4:25:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 4:25, so the Hebrew word לְנֹ֣כַח (lenokhakh) 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.4.25.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.25.W2.S1) and character.