Proverbs 23:32:5Prov.23.32.W5TAB
יַפְרִֽשׁ׃
yaferesh
“it will spread”
- Transliteration
- ya-fe-RESH
- Extended
- yah-FEH-REESH
- IPA
- /jafˈriːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- it will spread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-fe-RESH
- 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
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 23:32:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 23:32, so the Hebrew word יַפְרִֽשׁ׃ (yaferesh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.32.W5.S1) and character.