Proverbs 20:15:6Prov.20.15.W6TAB
שִׂפְתֵי־דָֽעַת׃
sifteidaat
“lips of knowledge”
- Transliteration
- sif-TEI-DA-at
- Extended
- sihf-TEE-DAA-at
- IPA
- /sif.teː.ˈðaː.ʕaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- lips of knowledge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sif-TEI-DA-at
- clause
u-khe-LI ye-KAR sif-TEI-DA-at
- sentence
YESH za-HAV ve-RAV-pe-ni-NIM u-khe-LI ye-KAR sif-TEI-DA-at
Exegesis
The phrase u-kəlî yəqār {וּכְלִ֥י יְ֝קָ֗ר | u-kəlî yəqār} 'and a precious vessel' sets up a metaphor in contrast with sippəṯê-dəʿāṯ {שִׂפְתֵי־דָֽעַת | sippəṯê-dəʿāṯ} 'lips of knowledge'. The construct chain links the container metaphor to articulate speech. The adversative but implies that knowledge-guided speech surpasses tangible riches. The translation preserves the parallelism and metaphorical structure of the Hebrew.
Root and etymology
d-ʿ-tdalet–ayin–tav
“to know, knowledge”
In context — Proverbs 20:15
There is gold and an abundance of precious stones , but lips of knowledge are a precious vessel .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 20:15, so the Hebrew word שִׂפְתֵי־דָֽעַת׃ (sifteidaat) 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.20.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.15.W6.S1) and character.