Psalm 18:8:4Ps.18.8.W4TABWLC Psalms 18:9
וְאֵשׁ־מִפִּיו
veeshmipiv
“and fire from his mouth”
- Transliteration
- ve-ESH-MI-PIV
- Extended
- veh-ESH-MIH-PEEV
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːʃ.mipˈpiːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- and fire from his 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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ESH-MI-PIV
- sentence
a-LE-ta a-SHAN be-a-PO ve-ESH-MI-PIV to-a-KHEL ge-KHA-lim ba-a-RU mi-ME-nu
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction vav precedes a second prepositional phrase, ve-esh {וְאֵשׁ | wə-ʾēš} ‘and fire’ followed by mi-piv {מִפִּיו | mip-pîw} ‘from his mouth’.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin
“fire”
In context — Psalm 18:8
Smoke went up from His nostrils, and fire from His mouth devours ; coals burned from Him.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Psalm 18:8, so the Hebrew word וְאֵשׁ־מִפִּיו (veeshmipiv) 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 Ps.18.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.8.W4.S1) and character.