וּפִ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּפִ֥י

   u-FI

   and mouth of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּפִ֥י יְ֝שָׁרִ֗ים

   u-FI ye-sha-RIM

   and mouth of upright ones
3. clause🔊 וּפִ֥י יְ֝שָׁרִ֗ים יַצִּילֵֽם׃

   u-FI ye-sha-RIM ya-tsi-LEM

   and mouth of upright ones delivers them
4. sentence🔊 דִּבְרֵ֣י רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֱרָב־דָּ֑ם וּפִ֥י יְ֝שָׁרִ֗ים יַצִּילֵֽם׃

   div-RE re-sha-IM e-RAV-DAM u-FI ye-sha-RIM ya-tsi-LEM

   words of wicked ones ambush of blood and mouth of upright ones delivers them

Exegesis

The verse employs antithetical parallelism with divrei resha’im {דִּבְרֵי רְשָׁעִים | dî-v-rê rĕ-šā-ʿîm} ‘words of the wicked’ contrasted by pi yesharim {פִּי יְשָׁרִים | pî yĕ-šā-rîm} ‘mouth of the upright’.