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cobra

/ˈkəʊbrə/, /ˈkəʊbɹə/ naamwoord

Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.

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Cobra (tram)

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Cobras too make their home there.
Kukwakho namaphimpi.

The TB bacilli are like cobras secured in baskets with tight-fitting lids.
Iintsholongwane zesifo sephepha zifana namaphimpi avalelwe kwiminyazi eneziciko ezivalwe ngci.

Can you name the other animals here that the Bible talks about?— Look at that boy playing with the cobra!
Ngaba uyawazi amagama ezinye izilwanyana ezikulo mfanekiso, ethetha ngazo iBhayibhile?— Jonga la nkwenkwe idlala ngephimpi!

Upon the cobra you will tread.
Sonyathela kwanephimpi.

The Bible likens Satan’s attacks to those of both a young lion and a cobra. —Read Psalm 91:13.
IBhayibhile ithi uSathana uhlasela njengengonyama nanjengephimpi.—Funda iNdumiso 91:13.

This prophecy paints a touching picture of dangerous, predatory animals —bears, wolves, leopards, lions, cobras— in the company of harmless domestic animals and even children.
Esi siprofeto sizoba umfanekiso ochukumisayo wezilwanyana zasendle ezinoburhalarhume—iibhere, iingcuka, amahlosi, iingonyama, amaphimpi—zihleli kunye nezilwanyana zasekhaya ezingenabungozi kwanabantwana.

How do attacks carried out by a “young lion” and a “cobra” differ, and how do we react to them?
Iintlaselo ‘zengonyama entsha’ ‘nephimpi’ zahluke njani, yaye sisabela njani kuzo?

“The nursing child will play over the lair of a cobra, and a weaned child will put his hand over the den of a poisonous snake.
“Umntwana owanyayo ngokuqinisekileyo uya kudlala emngxunyeni wephimpi; nomntwana olunyulweyo abeke isandla sakhe emngxunyeni wenyoka enobuhlungu.

And the sucking child will certainly play upon the hole of the cobra; and upon the light aperture of a poisonous snake will a weaned child actually put his own hand.”
Umntwana owanyayo ngokuqinisekileyo uya kudlala emngxunyeni wephimpi; nomntwana olunyulweyo abeke isandla sakhe emngxunyeni wenyoka enobuhlungu.”

To inspire fear in his subjects, Pharaoh wore a crown with the image of a cobra ready to strike —a reminder that the king’s enemies would quickly be annihilated.
Ukuqinisekisa ukuba uyoyikwa ngabalawulwa bakhe, uFaro wayenesithsaba esinomfanekiso wephimpi elilungele ukuhlasela—into eyayikhumbuza iintshaba zakhe ukuba wayenokuzithi qwaka qwaka zingabikho.

But unexpected attacks like those of a cobra striking from a place of concealment are also made upon us.
Ukanti, sihlaselwa nangezinye iindlela ezifihlakeleyo njengaxa ubani ehlaselwa liphimpi.

Psalm 58:4 correctly indicates that the cobra has ‘ears’ that are not functional because it is naturally deaf.
INdumiso 58:4 ibonisa ukuba iphimpi ‘lineendlebe’ ezingasebenziyo kuba lisisithulu.

“Like the cobra that stops up its ear,” the wicked do not listen to direction or correction.
“Njengephimpi eliyivingcayo indlebe yalo,” abantu abangendawo abaluthobeli ulwalathiso okanye bavume ukulungiswa.

16 The psalmist continues: “Upon the young lion and the cobra you will tread; you will trample down the maned young lion and the big snake.”
16 Umdumisi uhlabela mgama esithi: “Uya kunyathela phezu kwengonyama entsha nephimpi; uya kunyathelela phantsi ingonyama entsha enesingci nenyoka enkulu.”

Anyone approaching Pharaoh could not help but notice the ominous figure of a cobra’s head projecting from the center of his crown.
Nabani na oya kuFaro wayengenakungayiboni intloko yesikhotsholo eyoyikekayo ivele kwisithsaba sakhe.

The stern is shaped like a cobra’s hood, hence the name snake boat.
Umva wala maphenyana umile okwentloko yesikhotsholo, kungenxa yeso sizathu lento abizwa ngokuba yinyoka.

3 Using vivid imagery, the psalmist also likens Satan’s tactics to those of a young lion or those of a cobra.
3 Emthelekisa nezinto esizazi kakuhle, umdumisi ufanisa amaqhinga kaSathana nawengonyama entsha nephimpi.

And the sucking child will certainly play upon the hole of the cobra; and upon the light aperture of a poisonous snake will a weaned child actually put his own hand.
Umntwana owanyayo ngokuqinisekileyo uya kudlala emngxunyeni wephimpi; nomntwana olunyulweyo abeke isandla sakhe emngxunyeni wenyoka enobuhlungu.

An impulsive, foolhardy person who fails to consider the consequences of his actions could take advice from this maxim, “You first find an escape route before taunting the cobra.”
Umntu osisingxami nothanda ukwenza izinto ngobuyatha ongacingiyo ngemiphumo yento ayenzayo unokufumana icebiso kweli qhalo, “Umele uqale uqonde icala oza kubalekela ngakulo ngaphambi kokuba uchukushe iphimpi.”

The various kinds of lizards and hunting spiders that visited us were harmless, but the cobra that came in was quickly put out.
Iintlobo ezahlukahlukeneyo zamacikilishe nezigcawu ezazisityelela zazingenabungozi, kodwa iphimpi elafikayo lakhutshwa ngokukhawuleza.

At times, we encountered dangers from poisonous snakes, such as cobras, as well as from flash floods and other hazards.
Sasikhe sibe sesichengeni sokuhlaselwa ziinyoka ezinobuhlungu njengamaphimpi kwakunye nezikhukula ezinamandla nezinye ke iingozi.

Over the next six years, the pythons and cobras moved out as the brothers and heavy equipment moved in.
Ebudeni beminyaka emithandathu eyalandelayo, iintlwathi namaphimpi awushiya lo mmandla njengoko abazalwana nezixhobo ezikhulu zokusebenza babengena kuwo.

Like a cobra, the Devil also launches treacherous strikes from hidden places in order to poison minds and deceive people into doing his will.
Njengephimpi, uMtyholi uhlasela abantu ezifihlile ukuze abatyhefe iingqondo aze abakhohlisele ukwenza ukuthanda kwakhe.