Proverbs 27:8:1Prov.27.8.W1TAB
כְּ֭צִפּוֹר
ketsipor
“like a bird”
- Transliteration
- ke-TSI-por
- Extended
- keh-TSIH-pohr
- IPA
- /kəˈtsip.poːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a bird
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ke-TSI-por
- clause
ke-TSI-por no-DE-det min-ki-NAH
- sentence
ke-TSI-por no-DE-det min-ki-NAH KEN-ish no-DED mim-me-ko-MO
Exegesis
In the first clause the feminine noun ṣip̄pōr {צִפּוֹר | ṣip̄pōr} takes the participle nô-ḏe-ḏeṯ {נוֹדֶדֶת | nô-ḏe-ḏeṯ} and the prepositional phrase min-qinnāh {מִן־קִנָּהּ | min-qinnāh} ‘from her nest’.
Root and etymology
ṣ-p-rṣ-p-r
“bird”
In context — Proverbs 27:8
As a bird wanders from her nest , so a man wanders from his place .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 27:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 27:8, so the Hebrew word כְּ֭צִפּוֹר (ketsipor) 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.27.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.8.W1.S1) and character.