Proverbs 6:11:1Prov.6.11.W1TAB
וּבָֽא־כִמְהַלֵּ֥ךְ
uvakhimhehalekh
“and it will come like a walker”
- Transliteration
- u-VA-khim-he-ha-LEKH
- Extended
- oo-VAA-kihm-heh-hah-LEHKh
- IPA
- /uːˈvɔː.χim.hăhalˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it will come like a walker
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-VA-khim-he-ha-LEKH
- clause
u-VA-khim-he-ha-LEKH re-SHE-kha
- sentence
u-VA-khim-he-ha-LEKH re-SHE-kha u-ma-khso-RE-kha ke-ISH ma-GEN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the sequential vav uba {וּבָֽא־ | ū-ḇāʼ} “and will come upon you,” introducing the result of earlier warnings.
The Hithpael participle kimhalekh {כִמְהַלֵּךְ | kim-ḥallēḵ} conveys the sense of an inexorable traveler, portraying poverty as an advancing journey.
Root and etymology
h-l-k
“to go, walk”
In context — Proverbs 6:11
Your poverty will come upon you like a traveler , and your lack will come upon you like an armed man.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 6:11, so the Hebrew word וּבָֽא־כִמְהַלֵּ֥ךְ (uvakhimhehalekh) 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.6.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.11.W1.S1) and character.