Proverbs 8:13:9Prov.8.13.W9TAB
וּפִ֨י
ufi
“and mouth of”
- Transliteration
- u-FI
- Extended
- oo-FEE
- IPA
- /uːˈfiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and mouth of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
u-FI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ga-ON ve-DE-rekh RA u-FI tah-he-pu-KHOT sa-NE-ti
- sentence
yir-AT ye-ho-VAH se-NOT RA ge-A ve-ga-ON ve-DE-rekh RA u-FI tah-he-pu-KHOT sa-NE-ti
Exegesis
A paratactic series geʾāh {גֵּאָה | geʾāh} ‘pride’, vəgaʾôn {וְגָאוֹן | vəgaʾôn} ‘arrogance’, vəderex {וְדֶרֶךְ | və-derex} ‘and evil way’, ūp̄î teḥāp̄ūkōt {וּפִי תַהְפֻּכוֹת | ūp̄î teḥāp̄ūkōt} ‘and mouth of perversions’ employs polysyndeton to accumulate vices.
Root and etymology
RootPe–Heh
“mouth, speech, command”
In context — Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth—I hate.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Proverbs 8:13, so the Hebrew word וּפִ֨י (ufi) 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.8.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.13.W9.S1) and character.