Proverbs 23:32:4Prov.23.32.W4TAB
וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥י
ukhetsifeoni
“and like a viper”
- Transliteration
- u-khe-tsi-fe-o-NI
- Extended
- OO-kheh-TIH-feh-OH-NEE
- IPA
- /uː.kə.tsif.ʕoˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and like a viper
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-khe-tsi-fe-o-NI
- clause
u-khe-tsi-fe-o-NI ya-fe-RESH
- sentence
a-kha-ri-TO ke-na-KHASH yi-SHAKH u-khe-tsi-fe-o-NI ya-fe-RESH
Exegesis
The preposition kə {כְּ | kə} ‘like’ introduces two comparative similes: ke-nachash {כְּנָחָשׁ | kə-nā-ḥāš} ‘like a serpent’ and ke-tsif'oni {כְּצִפְעֹנִ֥י | kə-ṣî-pʿō-nî} ‘like a viper’, forming an intensifying parallelism.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–pe–ayin
“viper”
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 23:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 23:32, so the Hebrew word וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥י (ukhetsifeoni) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.32.W4.S1) and character.