Psalm 15:2:1Ps.15.2.W1TAB
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
holekh
“one who walks”
- Transliteration
- ho-LEKH
- Extended
- hoh-LEHkh
- IPA
- /hoˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- one who walks
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ho-LEKH
- clause
ho-LEKH ta-MIM u-po-EL TSE-dek
- sentence
ho-LEKH ta-MIM u-po-EL TSE-dek ve-do-VER e-MET bil-va-VO
Exegesis
holekh {הוֹלֵךְ | hô-lêk} ‘one who walks’ with tamim {תָּמִים | tā-mîm} ‘blameless’ sets the moral stance; upoel {וּפֹעֵל | ū-pō-ʿēl} ‘does’ with tsedeq {צֶדֶק | ṣē-ḏeq} ‘righteousness’ specifies right action; vedover {וְדֹבֵר | wə-ḏō-wēr} ‘speaks’ with emet {אֱמֶת | ʾĕ-meṯ} ‘truth’ underscores honest speech.
Root and etymology
h-l-kheh–lamed–kaf
“to walk, go”
In context — Psalm 15:2
The one who walks blamelessly and does righteousness and speaks truth in his heart.
About this coordinate
Psalm 15:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 15:2, so the Hebrew word הוֹלֵ֣ךְ (holekh) 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 Ps.15.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.15.2.W1.S1) and character.