Proverbs 18:20:2Prov.18.20.W2TAB
פִי־אִ֭ישׁ
fiiish
“mouth of a man”
- Transliteration
- fi-I-ISH
- Extended
- fee-EE-ISH
- IPA
- /piː.ʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- mouth of a man
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
fi-I-ISH
- clause
mip-re-I fi-I-ISH tis-be-A bit-NO
- sentence
mip-re-I fi-I-ISH tis-be-A bit-NO te-vu-AT se-fa-TAV yis-ba-A
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mipri {מִפְּרִ֣י | mîn-pə-rî} ‘from the fruit’ immediately merges with the construct chain pi-ish {פִי־אִ֭ישׁ | pî-îš} ‘of a man’s mouth’ to establish cause, realized in the imperfect verb tishba {תִּשְׂבַּ֣ע | tis̆ba‘} ‘will be satisfied’ governing betno {בִּטְנ֑וֹ | biṭnô} ‘his belly.’
Root and etymology
aleph–shinʾ–š
“man, person”
In context — Proverbs 18:20
From the fruit of a man’s mouth, his belly will be satisfied; from the yield of his lips, he will be filled.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 18:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 18:20, so the Hebrew word פִי־אִ֭ישׁ (fiiish) 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.18.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.18.20.W2.S1) and character.