Job 20:16:5Job.20.16.W5TAB
אֶפְעֶֽה׃
efea
“a viper”
- Transliteration
- e-fe-A
- Extended
- eh-feh-AH
- IPA
- /ʔɛf.ˈʕɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a viper
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-fe-A
- phraseyour reading level
le-SHON e-fe-A
- clause
ta-ha-re-GE-hu le-SHON e-fe-A
- sentence
rosh-pe-ta-NIM yi-NAK ta-ha-re-GE-hu le-SHON e-fe-A
Exegesis
The construct chain leshon efeh {לְשׁוֹן אֶפְעֶה | ləšôn ʾepʿeh} ‘tongue of a viper’ uses a body-part term to depict the fatal strike; in Hebrew imagery, the “tongue” can stand for the snake’s venom-delivering attack. English can preserve the metaphor (“tongue”) in a formal rendering, while a dynamic rendering may express the implied mechanism (“fangs”) without changing the clause’s assertion that the snake’s attack results in death.
In context — Job 20:16
He will suck the poison of serpents ; the tongue of a viper will kill him.
About this coordinate
Job 20:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 20:16, so the Hebrew word אֶפְעֶֽה׃ (efea) 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 Job.20.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.16.W5.S1) and character.