Proverbs 26:23:5Prov.26.23.W5TAB
שְׂפָתַ֖יִם
sefatayim
“lips”
- Transliteration
- se-fa-TA-yim
- Extended
- seh-fah-TAH-yihm
- IPA
- /səfaːˈtajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- lips
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
se-fa-TA-yim
- clause
se-fa-TA-yim dol-KIM ve-lev-RA
- sentence
KE-sef SI-gim me-tsu-PE al-KHA-res se-fa-TA-yim dol-KIM ve-lev-RA
Exegesis
In parallel, sefatayim dolqim {שְׂפָתַ֖יִם דֹּלְקִ֣ים | sĕ-pă-ṯā-yim dōl-qîm} ‘burning lips’ contrasts with wə-lev ra {וְלֶב־ רָֽע | wə-lĕv rā‛} ‘and a wicked heart’. This parallelism in a verbless poetic clause underscores the dissonance between flashy speech and corrupt motives.
In context — Proverbs 26:23
Like silver dross laid over a potsherd, so are burning lips and a wicked heart .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 26:23, so the Hebrew word שְׂפָתַ֖יִם (sefatayim) 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.26.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.23.W5.S1) and character.