אפעה
Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔapʕaw-, compare Arabic أَفْعًى (ʔafʕan), Eblaite 𒉌𒁀𒅇𒌝 (ì-pá-ù-um), and Ugaritic 𐎀𐎔𐎓 (ảpʿ).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /efˈ(ʔ)e/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔɛfˈʕɛː/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔepʰˈʕeː/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /efˈe/
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔæfˈʕæː/, [ʔæːfˈʕæː]
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /efˈʔe/
Noun
אֶפְעֶה • (ef'é) m
- (zoology) a member Echis genus of vipers
- viper, adder
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | אֶפְעֶה | first | אֶפְעִי | אֶפְעֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הָאֶפְעֶה | second | אֶפְעֲךָ | אֶפְעֵךְ | אֶפְעֲכֶם | אֶפְעֲכֶן | |
| construct | אֶפְעֵה־ | third | אֶפְעֵהוּ | אֶפְעָהּ | אֶפְעָם | אֶפְעָן | |
| plural | indefinite | אֶפְעִים | first | אפעיי / אֶפְעַי | אֶפְעֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָאֶפְעִים | second | אֶפְעֶיךָ | אפעייך / אֶפְעַיִךְ | אֶפְעֵיכֶם | אֶפְעֵיכֶן | |
| construct | אֶפְעֵי־ | third | אֶפְעָיו | אֶפְעֶיהָ | אֶפְעֵיהֶם | אֶפְעֵיהֶן | |
References
- H660 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “אפעה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- אפעה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he