Psalm 15:3:6Ps.15.3.W6TAB
וְ֝חֶרְפָּ֗ה
vekherpa
“and a reproach”
- Transliteration
- ve-kher-PA
- Extended
- veh-khehr-PAH
- IPA
- /vəħɛrˈpaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a reproach
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-kher-PA
- clause
ve-kher-PA LO-na-SA al-ke-RO-vo
- sentence
LO-ra-GAL al-le-SHO-no LO-a-SA le-RE-e-hu ra-A ve-kher-PA LO-na-SA al-ke-RO-vo
Exegesis
The third clause uses ve {וְ־ | wə-} ‘and’ plus cherpah {חֶרְפָּה | ḥer-pāh} ‘reproach’ and nasa {נָשָׂ֥א | nā-sāʾ} ‘he carried’ with al {עַל־ | ʿal} ‘upon’ and kerovo {קְרֹֽבוֹ | qə-rō-ḇō} ‘his close one’, an idiom for spreading shame. The repeated perfect forms coupled with lo deliver a rhythmic insistence on integrity. English renderings preserve the Hebrew sequence and idiomatic sense by using present-tense prohibitions and equivalent expressions.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-pchet–resh–pe
“insult, reproach”
In context — Psalm 15:3
He does not slander with his tongue, he does no evil to his neighbor, and he does not carry reproach against his close one.
About this coordinate
Psalm 15:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Psalm 15:3, so the Hebrew word וְ֝חֶרְפָּ֗ה (vekherpa) 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.15.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.15.3.W6.S1) and character.