Proverbs 9:15:4Prov.9.15.W4TAB
אֹֽרְחוֹתָֽם׃
orkhotam
“their paths”
- Transliteration
- or-kho-TAM
- Extended
- ohr-khoh-TAHM
- IPA
- /ʔor.ħoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their paths
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
or-kho-TAM
- clause
ha-mye-shRIM or-kho-TAM
- sentence
lik-RO le-ov-REI-DA-rekh ha-mye-shRIM or-kho-TAM
Exegesis
Finally, the construct noun orḥotam {אֹֽרְחוֹתָֽם | ʾor-ḥō-ṯām} ‘their paths’ completes the object phrase with a suffix pronoun. This infinitive–participle parallelism underscores both the act of proclamation and the moral trajectory of the hearers, preserving Hebrew syntactic balance and the journey metaphor.
In context — Proverbs 9:15
She calls out to passers-by , to those who make their paths level .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 9:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 9:15, so the Hebrew word אֹֽרְחוֹתָֽם׃ (orkhotam) 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.9.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.9.15.W4.S1) and character.