Proverbs 8:13:10Prov.8.13.W10TAB
תַהְפֻּכ֬וֹת
tahhepukhot
“perversions or perversities”
- Transliteration
- tah-he-pu-KHOT
- Extended
- tah-heh-puh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /tah.puˈxoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- perversions or perversities
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
tah-he-pu-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ga-ON ve-DE-rekh RA u-FI tah-he-pu-KHOT sa-NE-ti
- sentence
yir-AT ye-ho-VAH se-NOT RA ge-A ve-ga-ON ve-DE-rekh RA u-FI tah-he-pu-KHOT sa-NE-ti
Exegesis
A paratactic series geʾāh {גֵּאָה | geʾāh} ‘pride’, vəgaʾôn {וְגָאוֹן | vəgaʾôn} ‘arrogance’, vəderex {וְדֶרֶךְ | və-derex} ‘and evil way’, ūp̄î teḥāp̄ūkōt {וּפִי תַהְפֻּכוֹת | ūp̄î teḥāp̄ūkōt} ‘and mouth of perversions’ employs polysyndeton to accumulate vices.
Root and etymology
ה־פ־ך
“to turn, pervert”
In context — Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth—I hate.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Proverbs 8:13, so the Hebrew word תַהְפֻּכ֬וֹת (tahhepukhot) 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.8.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.13.W10.S1) and character.