Proverbs 5:8:1Prov.5.8.W1TAB
הַרְחֵ֣ק
harkhek
“keep far”
- Transliteration
- har-KHEK
- Extended
- hahr-KHEEK
- IPA
- /harˈħeːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- keep far
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
har-KHEK
- clause
har-KHEK me-a-LE-ha dar-KE-kha
- sentence
har-KHEK me-a-LE-ha dar-KE-kha ve-al-tik-RAV el-PE-takh BE-ta
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperative harcheq {הַרְחֵ֣ק | har-ḥēq} ‘keep far’ governs the directional phrase me‘aleyha {מֵעָלֶ֣יהָ | me-‘ā-lê-hā} ‘from over her,’ with darkekha {דַרְכֶּ֑ךָ | dar-kə-ḵā} ‘your way’ as its object.
Root and etymology
r-ḥ-qresh–ḥet–qoph
“to be distant or separate”
In context — Proverbs 5:8
Put your way far from her, and do not approach the doorway of her house .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 5:8, so the Hebrew word הַרְחֵ֣ק (harkhek) 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.5.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.8.W1.S1) and character.