Proverbs 5:14:3Prov.5.14.W3TAB
בְכָל־רָ֑ע
vekholra
“in all evil or in all harm”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHOL-RA
- Extended
- veh-KHOL-RAA
- IPA
- /vəˈχɔl.raː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in all evil or in all harm
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHOL-RA
- clause
kim-E-AT ha-YI-TI ve-KHOL-RA
- sentence
kim-E-AT ha-YI-TI ve-KHOL-RA be-TOKH ka-HAL ve-E-DA
Exegesis
The phrase bechol-ra {בְּכָל־רָע | bə-qōl-rāʿ} ‘in all evil’ intensifies the scope of wrongdoing, with kol in construct to ra ‘evil’ joined by a maqqef.
In context — Proverbs 5:14
I was almost in utter ruin in the midst of the assembly and the gathering .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 5:14, so the Hebrew word בְכָל־רָ֑ע (vekholra) 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.5.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.14.W3.S1) and character.