Proverbs 26:2:1Prov.26.2.W1TAB
כַּצִּפּ֣וֹר
katsipor
“like a bird”
- Transliteration
- ka-TSI-por
- Extended
- kah-TSIH-pohr
- IPA
- /kats.tsiˈpoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a bird
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-TSI-por
- clause
ka-TSI-por la-NUD ka-de-ROR la-UF
- sentence
ka-TSI-por la-NUD ka-de-ROR la-UF KEN kil-laT khi-NAM lo LO ta-VO
Exegesis
The proverb begins with the comparative preposition kă {כַּ | kă} ‘as/like’ prefixed to tsippor {צִּפּ֣וֹר | ṣîp·pōr} ‘bird’ and lanud {לָ֭נוּד | lā-nūd} ‘wandering’ in parallel to deror {דְּר֣וֹר | drōr} ‘swallow’ with la‘up {לָע֑וּף | lā-ʿūp̄} ‘flying’, depicting continuous motion.
Root and etymology
צ־פ־ר
“to chirp or twitter”
In context — Proverbs 26:2
Like a sparrow that keeps wandering and a swallow that keeps flying, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 26:2, so the Hebrew word כַּצִּפּ֣וֹר (katsipor) 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.26.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.2.W1.S1) and character.