צִפְעֹנִי
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. viper (a venomous snake in the family Viperidae); adder
Pronunciation
tsif'oní
Examples2
אַחֲרִיתוֹ כנָחָשׁ יִשַּׁךְ וכצִפְעֹנִי יִפְרֹשׂ
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
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.