Exodus 23:13:12Exod.23.13.W12TAB
עַל־פִּֽיךָ׃
alpikha
“on your lips”
- Transliteration
- al-PI-kha
- Extended
- ahl-PEE-khah
- IPA
- /ʕalˈpiː.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on your lips
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
al-PI-kha
- clause
ve-SHEM e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM LO taz-KI-ru LO yi-sha-MA al-PI-kha
- sentence
u-ve-KHOL a-SHER-a-MAR-ti a-LE-khem ti-sha-ME-ru ve-SHEM e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM LO taz-KI-ru LO yi-sha-MA al-PI-kha
Exegesis
The hiphil imperfect tazkîru {תַזְכִּירוּ | tazkîru} ‘you shall invoke’ and the niphal imperfect lōʾ yiššāmaʿ {לֹא יִשָּׁמַע | lōʾ yiššāmaʿ} ‘it shall not be heard’, with ʿal-pîḵā {עַל־פִּיךָ | ʿal-pîḵā} ‘on your mouth’, intensify the prohibition. The parallel double negative underscores exclusive loyalty and social separation from foreign cultic speech.
In context — Exodus 23:13
And in everything that I have spoken to you, you must guard against mentioning the names of other gods ; they must not be heard on your lips.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 23:13, so the Hebrew word עַל־פִּֽיךָ׃ (alpikha) 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 Exod.23.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.13.W12.S1) and character.