Proverbs 9:1:4Prov.9.1.W4TAB
חָצְבָ֖ה
khatsva
“she hewed”
- Transliteration
- khats-VA
- Extended
- khaats-VAH
- IPA
- /ħaːtsəˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she hewed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
khats-VA
- clause
khats-VA a-MU-de-ha shiv-A
- sentence
kha-KHO-mot BAN-ta be-TAH khats-VA a-MU-de-ha shiv-A
Exegesis
The subsequent perfect verb khatzvah {חָצְבָ֖ה | ḥā-ṣə-ḇāh} ‘she hewed’ takes the construct noun amudeha {עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ | ʿam-mû-deh-hāh} ‘her pillars’ followed by the numeral shivah {שִׁבְעָֽה | šiv-ʿāh} ‘seven’. The parallel perfects highlight sequential craftsmanship and deliberate construction. The numeral seven conveys completeness. Hebrew word order and parallel structure are rendered in English through semicolon followed by coordination to reflect the deliberate, poetic construction.
Root and etymology
Rootchet tsade bet
“to hew, cut, shape”
In context — Proverbs 9:1
Wisdom has raised her house; she has carved out her seven pillars .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 9:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 9:1, so the Hebrew word חָצְבָ֖ה (khatsva) 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.9.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.9.1.W4.S1) and character.