Proverbs 17:7:6Prov.17.7.W6TAB
שְׂפַת־שָֽׁקֶר׃
sefatshaker
“lip of falsehood”
- Transliteration
- se-FAT-sha-KER
- Extended
- seh-FAHT-shaa-KEHR
- IPA
- /səˈfaθ.ʃaːˈqɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- lip of falsehood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
se-FAT-sha-KER
- phraseyour reading level
ki-le-na-DIV se-FAT-sha-KER
- clause
AF ki-le-na-DIV se-FAT-sha-KER
- sentence
lo-NA-va le-na-VAL se-FAT-YE-ter AF ki-le-na-DIV se-FAT-sha-KER
Exegesis
The parallel sefat-sheqer {שְׂפַת־שָֽׁקֶר׃ | śă-p̄at-šā-qer} ‘lip of falsehood’ applied to lenadiv {לְנָדִ֥יב | lə-nā-ḏîḇ} ‘for a noble’ mirrors the first clause. This repetition of sefat- in a construct chain highlights the moral incongruity between a fool’s elevated speech and a noble’s deceit. The Hebrew reliance on the maqqef signals tight lexical coupling and parallelism, which the English rendering preserves through parallel phrasing.
Root and etymology
s-p-tsamekh–pe–tav
“edge; lip”
In context — Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool , much less are lying lips for a noble .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 17:7, so the Hebrew word שְׂפַת־שָֽׁקֶר׃ (sefatshaker) 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.17.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.7.W6.S1) and character.