Proverbs 19:12:2Prov.19.12.W2TAB
כַּ֭כְּפִיר
kakefir
“like a young lion”
- Transliteration
- ka-ke-FIR
- Extended
- kah-keh-FEER
- IPA
- /kak.kəˈfiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a young lion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-ke-FIR
- clause
NA-ham ka-ke-FIR ZA-af ME-lekh
- sentence
NA-ham ka-ke-FIR ZA-af ME-lekh u-khe-TAL al-E-SEV re-tso-NO
Exegesis
The simile markers are the prepositional phrases kakfir {כַּכְּפִיר | ka-ḵə-p̄īr} ‘like a young lion’ and wə-ṭal {וּכְטַל | wə-ḵə-ṭal} ‘and like dew.’
Root and etymology
k-p-r
“young lion”
In context — Proverbs 19:12
The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a young lion, and his favor is like dew upon the grass .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 19:12, so the Hebrew word כַּ֭כְּפִיר (kakefir) 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.19.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.12.W2.S1) and character.