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צֶפַע

Strong’s: H6848

Associated OET lemmas: צִפְעֹנִי · צֶפַע

Other spellings: צִפְעֹונִי; צִפְעֹנִי

Authors: Graham S. Ogden

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Sense 1: cobra

Semantic domains: Small Animals (001001002001003)

Core domains: Animal (010); Security (152); Aggression (006)

Definition: = extremely poisonous snake with the ability to spread the ribs in the neck area so as to form a broad, flat profile; dark brown in color with a yellowish underside (and sometimes yellowish bands); ◄ Desert Cobra (|iWalterinnesia aegyptia|i*) or Egyptian Cobra (|iNaja haje|i*); ► unclean animal; ≈ associated with aggression and lurking danger

Further resources: Fauna:4.10

PRO 23:32: RV PRO 23:32 · LV PRO 23:32 · Read together PRO 23:32

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OET-RV PRO 23:32

32 → In the end it bites like a snake,
⇔ ≈ and stings like a viper.

OET-LV PRO 23:32

32 End _of_its like_a _snake it _will _bite and_like_a _viper it _will _sting.

ISA 11:8: RV ISA 11:8 · LV ISA 11:8 · Read together ISA 11:8

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OET-RV ISA 11:8

8 A child will play over the cobra’s hole,
⇔ ≈ and the toddler will stretch his hand over the viper’s nest.

OET-LV ISA 11:8

8 And_ a _sucking _child _he _will _play over the_hole _of a _cobra and_over the_nest _of a _viper a _weaned_child his/its_hand he _will _put _out.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

PRO: RV PRO 23:32 · LV PRO 23:32 · Read together PRO 23:32

ISA: RV ISA 11:8 · RV ISA 14:29 · RV ISA 59:5 · LV ISA 11:8 · LV ISA 14:29 · LV ISA 59:5 · Read together ISA 11:8 · Read together ISA 14:29 · Read together ISA 59:5

JER: RV JER 8:17 · LV JER 8:17 · Read together JER 8:17