Proverbs 7:4:3Prov.7.4.W3TAB
אֲחֹ֣תִי
akhoti
“my sister”
- Transliteration
- a-KHO-ti
- Extended
- ah-KHOH-tih
- IPA
- /ʔăˈħoː.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- my sister
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-KHO-ti
- clause
e-MOR la-kha-KHMA a-KHO-ti AT
- sentence
e-MOR la-kha-KHMA a-KHO-ti AT u-mo-DA la-bi-NA tik-RA
Exegesis
The construct achoti {אֲחֹתִי | ʾă-ḥō-tî} ‘my sister’ and the noun u-moda {וּמוֹדָע | ū-mō-ḏāʿ} ‘kinswoman’ extend the familial metaphor.
In context — Proverbs 7:4
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister ,” and call understanding your near relative .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 7:4, so the Hebrew word אֲחֹ֣תִי (akhoti) 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.7.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.4.W3.S1) and character.