פתן

From Aramaic פִּתְנָא (piṯnā), from Proto-Semitic *baṯan-.

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /pʰeˈθen/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /peˈθen/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈpeten/

פֶּתֶן • (péten) m (plural indefinite פֶּתֶנִים)

1. cobra, snake of the family Elapidae
   • Tanach, Psalms 91:13, with translation of the New International Version:

     עַל־שַׁחַל וָפֶתֶן, תִּדְרֹךְ; תִּרְמֹס כְּפִיר וְתַנִּין.

     al-shákhal vapéten, tidrókh; tirmós k'fír v'tanín.

     You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

• “פתן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language