Proverbs 22:18:6Prov.22.18.W6TAB
עַל־שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃
alsefatekha
“upon your lips”
- Transliteration
- al-se-fa-TE-kha
- Extended
- al-se-faa-TEH-khaa
- IPA
- /ʕal.sə.faˈteːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon your lips
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-se-fa-TE-kha
- clause
yi-KO-nu yakh-DAV al-se-fa-TE-kha
- sentence
ki-na-IM ki-tish-me-REM be-vit-NE-kha yi-KO-nu yakh-DAV al-se-fa-TE-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʿal səfāṯēkā {עַל־שְׂפָתֶיךָ | ʿal səfāṯēkā} ‘upon your lips’ creates a merism juxtaposing inner and outer realms. In translation, the two ki-constructions were rendered as causal and conditional clauses to preserve both evaluative and conditional relationships in English.
In context — Proverbs 22:18
For it is pleasant if you keep them within your inner being ; together they will be established upon your lips.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 22:18, so the Hebrew word עַל־שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃ (alsefatekha) 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.22.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.18.W6.S1) and character.