Proverbs 16:26:7Prov.16.26.W7TAB
פִּֽיהוּ׃
pihu
“his mouth”
- Transliteration
- PI-hu
- Extended
- PEE-hoo
- IPA
- /ˈpiːhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his mouth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
PI-hu
- phraseyour reading level
a-LAV PI-hu
- clause
ki-A-khaf a-LAV PI-hu
- sentence
NE-fesh a-MEL a-me-LA LO ki-A-khaf a-LAV PI-hu
Exegesis
The second clause begins with the conjunction-verb sequence ki-akhaph {כִּֽי־אָכַ֖ף | kî-ʾāḵāp̱} ‘for he has pressed,’ taking pihu {פִּֽיהוּ | pîhû} ‘mouth’ as agent and alav {עָלָ֣יו | ʿălāv} ‘upon him’ as its complement. The metaphorical use of ‘mouth’ signifies appetite and exhortation, establishing a causal link between desire and toil. The formal text preserves this causal structure, and the dynamic text renders it idiomatically.
In context — Proverbs 16:26
The appetite of the laborer labors for him, because his mouth presses him on.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 16:26, so the Hebrew word פִּֽיהוּ׃ (pihu) 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.16.26.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.26.W7.S1) and character.