Proverbs 6:5:4Prov.6.5.W4TAB
וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹר
ukhetsipor
“and like a bird”
- Transliteration
- u-khe-tsi-POR
- Extended
- oo-kheh-tsih-POHR
- IPA
- /uχə.tsiˈpːoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and like a bird
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
u-khe-tsi-POR
- clause
u-khe-tsi-POR mi-YAD ya-KUSH
- sentence
hin-na-TSEL kits-ve-VI mi-YAD u-khe-tsi-POR mi-YAD ya-KUSH
Exegesis
The comparative similes kitzvi {כִּצְבִי | ki-tze-vi} ‘like gazelle’ and ketzippor {וּכְצִפּוֹר | u-ke-tzi-por} ‘like bird’ draw on imagery of swift creatures.
In context — Proverbs 6:5
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand , and like a bird from the hand of the fowler .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 6:5, so the Hebrew word וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹר (ukhetsipor) 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.6.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.5.W4.S1) and character.