Proverbs 20:17:6Prov.20.17.W6TAB
יִמָּֽלֵא־פִ֥יהוּ
yimmalepihu
“his mouth will be filled”
- Transliteration
- yim-ma-LE-PI-hu
- Extended
- yihm-maa-LEE-PEE-hu
- IPA
- /jim.maːˈleːʔ.piː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his mouth will be filled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
yim-ma-LE-PI-hu
- phraseyour reading level
yim-ma-LE-PI-hu kha-TSATS
- clause
ve-a-KHAR yim-ma-LE-PI-hu kha-TSATS
- sentence
a-REV la-ISH LE-khem SHA-ker ve-a-KHAR yim-ma-LE-PI-hu kha-TSATS
Exegesis
The verse employs antithetic parallelism, opening with predicate fronting in arev {עָרֵב | ʿā-rēḇ} ‘is sweet’ contrasted by the resultant action in yim-mā-lēʾ {יִמָּלֵא | yim-mā-lēʾ} ‘it will be filled.’
Pî-hû {פִיהוּ | pî-hû} acts as the subject for the Nifal imperfect verb, and ḥā-ṣāṣ {חָצָץ | ḥā-ṣāṣ} functions as the direct object, rendering vivid imagery of painful consequence. In translation, the Hebrew structure is preserved by balancing parallel verb phrases and maintaining the construct relation as “bread of deceit.”
In context — Proverbs 20:17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 20:17, so the Hebrew word יִמָּֽלֵא־פִ֥יהוּ (yimmalepihu) 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.20.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.17.W6.S1) and character.