Proverbs 8:36:1Prov.8.36.W1TAB
וְֽ֭חֹטְאִי
vekhote
“and the one sinning against me”
- Transliteration
- ve-kho-TE
- Extended
- veh-khoh-TEE
- IPA
- /vəħoːˈtˤiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the one sinning against me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kho-TE
- clause
ve-kho-TE kho-MES naf-SHO
- sentence
ve-kho-TE kho-MES naf-SHO kol-me-sa-NE a-ha-VU MA-vet
Exegesis
The adversative vav attaches to the participle chot’ei {וְֽחֹטְאִי | wə-ḥō-ṭê-ʾî} ‘he who sins against me’, forming a cause–result protasis.
Root and etymology
Rooth-t-’
“to miss the mark, sin”
In context — Proverbs 8:36
But whoever sins against Me does violence to his own soul ; all who hate Me love death .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:36:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 8:36, so the Hebrew word וְֽ֭חֹטְאִי (vekhote) 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.8.36.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.36.W1.S1) and character.