Proverbs 8:36:2Prov.8.36.W2TAB
חֹמֵ֣
khomes
“does violence to”
- Transliteration
- kho-MES
- Extended
- khoh-MEHS
- IPA
- /ħoːˈmɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- does violence to
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kho-MES
- 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 Qal participle chomes {חֹמֵ֣ס | ḥō-mês} ‘inflicts violence’ functions as the apodosis, taking the construct nafshô {נַפְשׁ֑וֹ | nap-šô} ‘his soul’ as its object.
Root and etymology
Rooth-m-s
“to do violence”
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 8:36:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 8:36, so the Hebrew word חֹמֵ֣ (khomes) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.36.W2.S1) and character.