Proverbs 23:32:3Prov.23.32.W3TAB
יִשָּׁ֑ךְ
yishakh
“will bite you”
- Transliteration
- yi-SHAKH
- Extended
- yih-SHAAKH
- IPA
- /jiʃˈʃaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- will bite you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
yi-SHAKH
- clause
a-kha-ri-TO ke-na-KHASH yi-SHAKH
- sentence
a-kha-ri-TO ke-na-KHASH yi-SHAKH u-khe-tsi-fe-o-NI ya-fe-RESH
Exegesis
Although the Qal imperfect yafrish {יַפְרִֽשׁ | yaf-rîš} literally means ‘it will spread’, the parallelism with yishakh {יִשָּׁ֑ךְ | yiš-šāḵ} ‘it will bite’ suggests an idiomatic sense of ‘sting’, capturing the image of venom striking suddenly.
In context — Proverbs 23:32
Its end will be like a serpent—it will bite, and like a viper , it will sting.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 23:32, so the Hebrew word יִשָּׁ֑ךְ (yishakh) 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.23.32.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.32.W3.S1) and character.