Proverbs 5:1:2Prov.5.1.W2TAB
לְחָכְמָתִ֣י
lekhakhamati
“to my wisdom”
- Transliteration
- le-kha-kha-MA-ti
- Extended
- leh-khaa-khah-MAA-tih
- IPA
- /ləħɔx.maːˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to my wisdom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-kha-kha-MA-ti
- clause
be-NI le-kha-kha-MA-ti hak-she-VA
- sentence
be-NI le-kha-kha-MA-ti hak-she-VA lit-te-vu-NA-ti hat-OZ-ne-kha
Exegesis
It then presents two parallel hiphil imperatives, haksheevah {הַקְשִׁיבָה | ha-qə-šî-bā} ‘pay attention’ and hat-oznekha {הַט־אָזְנֶֽךָ | haṭ-ʾoz-nə-ẖā} ‘incline your ear’, each governing a prepositional phrase—lechokhmati {לְחָכְמָתִ֣י | lə-ḥā-ḵəm-ā-tî} ‘to my wisdom’ and litevunati {לִ֝תְבוּנָתִ֗י | liṯ-vū-nā-tî} ‘to my understanding’. The maqqef between hat and oznekha signals the fusion of verb and object, highlighting immediacy. The English SVO order preserves both parallelism and intimate address.
In context — Proverbs 5:1
My son, pay attention to my wisdom , incline your ear to my understanding .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 5:1, so the Hebrew word לְחָכְמָתִ֣י (lekhakhamati) 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.5.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.1.W2.S1) and character.