Proverbs 5:9:2Prov.5.9.W2TAB
לַאֲחֵרִ֣ים
laakherim
“to others”
- Transliteration
- la-a-khe-RIM
- Extended
- lah-ah-kheh-REEM
- IPA
- /la.ʔăħeːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to others
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-a-khe-RIM
- clause
pen-tit-TEN la-a-khe-RIM ho-DE-kha
- sentence
pen-tit-TEN la-a-khe-RIM ho-DE-kha u-she-no-TE-kha le-akh-za-RI
Exegesis
The construct phrase la akherim {לַאֲחֵרִ֣ים | lă-ʾă-ḥē-rîm} ‘to others’ with the following status noun hodekha {הוֹדֶ֑ךָ | hô-ḏe-kāʾ} ‘your honor’ foregrounds the loss of social standing.
Root and etymology
ʾ-ḥ-rʾ-ḥ-r
“after, end”
In context — Proverbs 5:9
Lest you give your honor to others and your years to a cruel one .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 5:9, so the Hebrew word לַאֲחֵרִ֣ים (laakherim) 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.5.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.9.W2.S1) and character.