Proverbs 14:23:4Prov.14.23.W4TAB
וּדְבַר־שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם
udevarsefatayim
“but word of lips”
- Transliteration
- u-de-VAR-se-fa-TA-yim
- Extended
- oo-deh-VAHR-seh-faa-TAH-yeem
- IPA
- /uðəˈvar.ʃəfaːˈtajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- but word of lips
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-de-VAR-se-fa-TA-yim
- clause
u-de-VAR-se-fa-TA-yim AKH-le-makh-SOR
- sentence
be-KHOL-E-tsev yih-ye-YE mo-TAR u-de-VAR-se-fa-TA-yim AKH-le-makh-SOR
Exegesis
The conjunction vav introduces a second clause with u-devar {וּדְבַר־ | u-ḏə-ḇār} ‘and word’ in construct with sefatayim {שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם | sə-p̄ā-ṯā-yim} ‘lips’.
Root and etymology
p-t-ypeh–tav–yod
“to be simple or naive”
In context — Proverbs 14:23
In all labor there is profit, but the speech of the lips leads only to want .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 14:23, so the Hebrew word וּדְבַר־שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם (udevarsefatayim) 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.14.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.23.W4.S1) and character.