פֶּתֶן
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. cobra, snake of the family Elapidae
Pronunciation
péten
Examples4
עַל־שַׁחַל וּפֶתֶן, תִּדְרֹךְ; תִּרְמֹס כְּפִיר וְתַנִּין.
You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
חֲמַת תַּנִּינִ֖ם יֵינָ֑ם וְרֹאשׁ פֶּתֶנִים אַכְזָֽר׃
Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
רֹאשׁ־פֶּתֶנִים יִינַק תַּהַרְגֵהוּ לָשׁוֹן אֶפְעֶה׃
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
וְשִׁעֲשַׁע יוֹנֵק עַל חֹר פֶּתֶן וְעַל מְאוּרַת צִפְעֹנִי גָּמוּל יָדוֹ הָדָה
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.