Proverbs 5:20:6Prov.5.20.W6TAB
חֵ֣ק
khek
“bosom”
- Transliteration
- KHEK
- Extended
- KHEEK
- IPA
- /ˈħeːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- bosom
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
KHEK
- phraseyour reading level
KHEK nokh-ri-YA
- clause
u-te-kha-BEK KHEK nokh-ri-YA
- sentence
ve-la-MA tish-ge ve-NI ve-za-RA u-te-kha-BEK KHEK nokh-ri-YA
Exegesis
The direct address beni {בְּנִי | bə-nî} personalizes the admonition, while the paired prepositional phrases bezarah {בְזָרָה | bə-zārâ} and cheq nakhriyya {חֵק נָכְרִיָּה | ḥēq nāḵrîyyāh} balance moral drift and physical intimacy, creating a chiasm that highlights relational alienation.
Root and etymology
ח־ק־ק
“bosom, lap”
In context — Proverbs 5:20
And why would you, my son, be intoxicated with a foreign woman and embrace the bosom of an outsider ?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 5:20, so the Hebrew word חֵ֣ק (khek) 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.5.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.20.W6.S1) and character.