Proverbs 8:27:6Prov.8.27.W6TAB
ח֝֗וּג
khug
“a circle”
- Transliteration
- KHUG
- Extended
- KHOOG
- IPA
- /ˈħuːɣ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a circle
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHUG
- phraseyour reading level
be-khu-KO KHUG
- clause
be-khu-KO KHUG al-pe-NE te-HOM
- sentence
ba-ha-khi-NO sha-MA-yim SHAM a-NI be-khu-KO KHUG al-pe-NE te-HOM
Exegesis
The noun chug {ח֝֗וּג | ḥûg} ‘circle’ introduces a cosmic boundary motif, and the prepositional phrase al-penei {עַל־פְּנֵ֥י | ʿal-pə-nê} ‘upon the face of’ links it to tehom {תְהֽוֹם | tə-ḥôm} ‘the deep.’ This parallelism between heavens and deep yields a chiastic universe framed by upper and lower limits.
Root and etymology
ḥ-v-gḥet–waw–gimel
“circle, circuit”
In context — Proverbs 8:27
When He established the heavens, there I was; when He inscribed a circle upon the face of the deep.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 8:27, so the Hebrew word ח֝֗וּג (khug) 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.8.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.27.W6.S1) and character.