Proverbs 4:7:2Prov.4.7.W2TAB
חָ֭כְמָה
khokhma
“wisdom”
- Transliteration
- KHOKH-ma
- Extended
- KHOHKH-mah
- IPA
- /ħɔxˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- wisdom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHOKH-ma
- clause
RE-shit KHOKH-ma ke-NE KHOKH-MA
- sentence
RE-shit KHOKH-ma ke-NE KHOKH-MA u-ve-KHOL-ki-nyan-KHA ke-NE vi-NA
Exegesis
The Hebrew clause opens with reshit {רֵאשִׁ֣ית | rē-šîṯ} ‘beginning’ functioning in construct with chokhmah {חָ֭כְמָה | ḥā-kh-māh} ‘wisdom’, forming a genitive phrase that locates the origin of insight.
Root and etymology
chet–kaph–memchet–kaph–mem
“to be wise, skilled”
In context — Proverbs 4:7
At wisdom’s inception , get wisdom; and with all your acquiring , get understanding.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 4:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 4:7, so the Hebrew word חָ֭כְמָה (khokhma) 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.4.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.7.W2.S1) and character.