中文圣经
咽
yàn
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How is 咽 read in the Chinese Bible?

咽 is read yàn in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses across 4 books, first in Job 7:19. Common words: 下咽, 咽下.

Occurrences
4
Verses
4
Books
4
First in
Job 7:19

Words it forms in the Bible

  • 下咽xià yàn× 2to swallow (food or drink)
  • 咽下yàn xià× 1to swallow
  • 咽yàn× 1variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]

Meaning: throat; pharynx

In the text

  • Job 7:19

    你到何时才转眼不看我， 才任凭我咽yàn下唾沫呢？

  • Proverbs 23:31

    酒发红，在杯中闪烁， 你不可观看， 虽然下咽yàn舒畅， 终久是咬你如蛇，刺你如毒蛇。

  • Song of Solomon 7:9

    你的口如上好的酒。 〔新娘〕 女子说：为我的良人下咽yàn舒畅， 流入睡觉人的嘴中。

  • Obadiah 1:16

    你们犹大人在我圣山怎样喝了苦杯， 万国也必照样常常地喝； 且喝且咽yàn，他们就归于无有。

Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.

Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.

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