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In the endאַחֲרִיתוֹit bitesיִשָּׁךְlike a serpent,כְּנָחָשׁandוּlike a viperכְצִפְעֹנִיit stings.יַפְרִשׁ
Proverbs 23:32
Study it in the app“In the end it bites like a serpent, and like a viper it stings.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 23:32, word by word
- In the endאַחֲרִיתacharit
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharit” appears- it bitesיִשָּׁךְyishach
bite
To sink the teeth in, like a snake that strikes and poisons.
Where else “yishach” appears- like a serpentנָחָשׁnachash
serpent
A legless reptile that crawls and often bites with venom.
Where else “nachash” appears- like a viperצִפְעֹנִיtsifoni
viper
A viper, a poisonous snake.
Where else “tsifoni” appears- it stingsיַפְרִשׁyafrish
sting
Wound with venom, like a viper.
Where else “yafrish” appears
The context
31Do not look at wine when it is red, when it gives its sparkle in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
32 · This verse (above)
33Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will speak perversities.