Proverbs 17:4:3Prov.17.4.W3TAB
עַל־שְׂפַת־אָ֑וֶן
alsefataven
“to a lip of trouble”
- Transliteration
- al-se-FAT-A-ven
- Extended
- ahl-seh-FAHT-AH-vehhn
- IPA
- /ʕal.śəˈfat.ˈʔaːvɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a lip of trouble
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-se-FAT-A-ven
- clause
me-RA mak-shiv al-se-FAT-A-ven
- sentence
me-RA mak-shiv al-se-FAT-A-ven SHE-ker me-ZIN al-le-SHON ha-VOT
Exegesis
It then presents a construct chain al-sefat-aven {עַל־שְׂפַת־אָוֶן | ʿal-sep̄āt-ʾāwen} ‘upon lip of iniquity,’ intensifying moral culpability.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ת
“lip”
In context — Proverbs 17:4
An evildoer listens to the lip of iniquity, and a liar gives ear to a tongue of destructions .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 17:4, so the Hebrew word עַל־שְׂפַת־אָ֑וֶן (alsefataven) 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.17.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.4.W3.S1) and character.