Proverbs 27:2:3Prov.27.2.W3TAB
וְלֹא־פִ֑יךָ
velopikha
“and not your mouth”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-PI-kha
- Extended
- veh-LOH-PEE-khaa
- IPA
- /vələː.ˈloː.ˈfiːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not your mouth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ve-LO-PI-kha
- clause
ye-hal-LEL-kha ZAR ve-LO-PI-kha
- sentence
ye-hal-LEL-kha ZAR ve-LO-PI-kha na-khe-RI ve-AL-se-fa-TE-kha
Exegesis
A coordinating negation, ve-lo {וְלֹא | və-lō} ‘and not’, introduces the parallel prohibitive clause with pikha {פִיךָ | pī-kha} ‘your mouth’.
In context — Proverbs 27:2
Let someone else speak your praise, and not your own mouth; let a foreigner say it, and not your own lips.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 27:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 27:2, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־פִ֑יךָ (velopikha) 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.27.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.2.W3.S1) and character.