Proverbs 7:16:4Prov.7.16.W4TAB
חֲ֝טֻב֗וֹת
khatubot
“striped or patterned cloths”
- Transliteration
- kha-tu-BOT
- Extended
- khah-tuh-BOHT
- IPA
- /ħa.tuˈvoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- striped or patterned cloths
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-tu-BOT
- clause
kha-tu-BOT E-tun mits-ra-YIM
- sentence
mar-va-DIM ra-VAD-ti ar-SI kha-tu-BOT E-tun mits-ra-YIM
Exegesis
Two absolute plurals, chatuvot {חֲטֻבוֹת | ḥă-ṭû-bôṯ} ‘patterned textiles’ and etun {אֵטוּן | ê-tûn} ‘fine linen’, are coordinated asyndetically, with mitsrayim {מִצְרָיִם | miṣ-rā-yim} ‘Egypt’ in an attributive genitive specifying origin. This piling up of details intensifies the sense of luxury, and the English prepositions “on” and “with” mirror the Hebrew modifiers while maintaining readability.
Root and etymology
Rootḥ–ṭ–b
“to carve, engrave”
In context — Proverbs 7:16
I have spread coverings on my bed, with colored patterns and fine linen of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 7:16, so the Hebrew word חֲ֝טֻב֗וֹת (khatubot) 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.7.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.16.W4.S1) and character.