Proverbs 9:14:6Prov.9.14.W6TAB
קָֽרֶת׃
karet
“a town or a city”
- Transliteration
- KA-ret
- Extended
- KAA-reht
- IPA
- /ˈqaːrɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- a town or a city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KA-ret
- phraseyour reading level
me-ro-ME KA-ret
- clause
al-ki-SE me-ro-ME KA-ret
- sentence
ve-ya-SHE-va le-PE-takh be-TA al-ki-SE me-ro-ME KA-ret
Exegesis
This is followed by alkisse {עַל־כִּ֝סֵּ֗א | ʿal-ki-sêʾ} marking posture “upon a seat,” and the construct meromei karet {מְרֹמֵי קָֽרֶת | mə-rō-mē qā-reṯ} indicating location “in the heights of the city.” The cumulative stacking of prepositional and construct phrases without conjunctions heightens her conspicuous and elevated vantage.
Root and etymology
q-r-ṯqof–resh–tav
“town, city”
In context — Proverbs 9:14
She sits at the entry of her house, on a seat in the heights of the town .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 9:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 9:14, so the Hebrew word קָֽרֶת׃ (karet) 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.9.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.9.14.W6.S1) and character.