Proverbs 1:11:6Prov.1.11.W6TAB
נִצְפְּנָ֖ה
nitspena
“let us ambush”
- Transliteration
- nits-pe-NA
- Extended
- nihts-peh-NAA
- IPA
- /nits.pəˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- let us ambush
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nits-pe-NA
- clause
nits-pe-NA le-na-KI KHI-NAM
- sentence
im-yo-me-RU le-KHA i-TA-nu ne-er-VA le-DAM nits-pe-NA le-na-KI KHI-NAM
Exegesis
The cohortatives nearbeh {נֶאֱרְבָ֥ה | ne-ʾăr-bā(h)} ‘let us lie in wait’ and nitzpenah {נִצְפְּנָ֖ה | niṣ-pe-nā(h)} ‘let us ambush’ form a parallel purpose structure with the prepositional phrases le-dam {לְדָם | le-dām} ‘for blood’ and le-naqi {לְנָקִי | le-nā-qî} ‘for the innocent’.
Root and etymology
Rootṣade–pe–nun
“to hide, keep secret”
In context — Proverbs 1:11
If they say, “Come with us; let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause .”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 1:11, so the Hebrew word נִצְפְּנָ֖ה (nitspena) 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.1.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.11.W6.S1) and character.