Proverbs 6:19:8Prov.6.19.W8TAB
אַחִֽים׃
akhim
“brothers”
- Transliteration
- a-KHIM
- Extended
- ah-KHEEM
- IPA
- /ʔaˈħiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- brothers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-KHIM
- phraseyour reading level
BEN a-KHIM
- clause
u-me-sha-LE-akh me-da-NIM BEN a-KHIM
- sentence
ya-FI-akh ke-za-VIM ED SHA-ker u-me-sha-LE-akh me-da-NIM BEN a-KHIM
Exegesis
The second clause begins with u-meshallaēach {וּמְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ | û-məšal-lē-aḥ} ‘sends out’ paired with medanim {מְ֝דָנִ֗ים | mə-ḏā-nîm} ‘strife’ and the prepositional phrase bein akhim {בֵּ֣ן אַחִֽים | bên ʾa-ḥîm} ‘between brothers.’ The parallel structure underscores habitual wrongdoing. Participles are rendered as relative clauses in English to convey continuous action while maintaining the Hebrew parallelism.
In context — Proverbs 6:19
A witness of falsehood who breathes out lies, and one who sends out strife between brothers.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 6:19, so the Hebrew word אַחִֽים׃ (akhim) 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.6.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.19.W8.S1) and character.