snake oor Xhosa

snake

/sneɪk/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.

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Inyoka

wiggling animal without legs

Brown tree snakes have almost exterminated the forest birds in Guam
Inyoka enombala omdaka ehlala emithini izinqunqe phantse zonke iintaka zamahlathi aseGuam

Snake

eienaam, naamwoord

(video games) An early computer game, later popular on mobile phones, in which the player attempts to manoeuvre a perpetually growing snake so as to collect food items and avoid colliding with walls or the snake's tail.

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Now, when Jehovah made snakes he did not make them so they could talk.
Xa uYehova wenza iinyoka akazange azenze zikwazi ukuthetha.

Brown tree snakes have almost exterminated the forest birds in Guam
Inyoka enombala omdaka ehlala emithini izinqunqe phantse zonke iintaka zamahlathi aseGuam

Aaron threw down his stick, and it became a big snake.
UAron waphosa phantsi intonga yakhe yaza yaba yinyoka enkulu.

Figures from Greek mythology, such as a snake-haired Medusa and a centaur, half man and half horse.
Yimifanekiso yezinto zeentsomi zamaGrike, ezinjengesithixokazi esinguMedusa esasineenwele ezazenziwe zanjengeenyoka nehashe lasentsomini, elalinomzimba wehashe nentloko yomntu.

The one addressed at Genesis 3:15 is the Serpent—not the lowly snake but the one who used it.
KwiGenesis 3:15 kubhekiselwa kwiNyoka—kungekhona inyoka erhubuluzayo kodwa kulowo wayisebenzisayo.

As punishment, Jehovah sent poisonous snakes, and many people died.
UYehova wawohlwaya ngokuthumela iinyoka ezinobuhlungu, ibe kwafa abantu abaninzi.

In fact, some thought that “a giant devil-snake” had swallowed the passengers alive!
Abanye babecinga ukuba uloliwe “yinyoka enkulu” eginya abantu bephila.

In West Africa, for example, people once believed that the earth was supported by a coiled snake, with 3,500 coils above the earth and 3,500 coils below.
Ngokomzekelo, eNtshona Afrika abantu babekholelwa ukuba umhlaba wawuxhaswe yinyokakazi enkulu ezibhijeleyo, eyayenze imibhijelo engama-3 500 ngaphezu komhlaba neminye imibhijelo engama-3 500 ngaphantsi komhlaba.

Using a snake as his mouthpiece, Satan got them to rebel against God’s rulership.
Esebenzisa inyoka njengesithethi sakhe, uSathana wabenza bakuvukela ukulawulwa nguThixo.

A five-foot-long [1.5 m] stuffed toy snake wrapped around a broomstick worked well as the copper serpent of Numbers 21:4-9.
Inyoka yokudlala eyimitha enesiqingatha eyayibhijelwe kwintonga yomtshayelo yayimela inyoka yobhedu ekwiNumeri 21:4-9.

Others include crocodiles and poisonous snakes, which inhabit the mangroves.
Ezinye zezinto eziyingozi ziingwenya neenyoka ezinobuhlungu ezihlala kula mahlathi.

As a consequence, the Zulu will not kill some snakes that they believe to be the spirits of relatives.
Ngenxa yoko, amaZulu awazibulali ezinye iinyoka akholelwa ekubeni zingoomoya bezalamane.

If he asks for a fish, will you give him a snake?’
Ukuba ucela intlanzi, ngaba uza kumnika inyoka?’

Perhaps feeling that “wonderful” must imply positive or good, some scholars explain that each of the four things displays the wisdom of God’s creation: the marvel of how a large bird can fly, how a legless snake can move across a rock, how a heavy ship can stay afloat in a turbulent sea, and how a robust youth can fall hopelessly in love and marry a sweet maiden, and then they produce a wonderful human child.
Mhlawumbi bevakalelwa kukuba ‘ukumangalisa’ kumele kubonise ukuqiniseka okanye ukulunga, bambi abaphengululi bathi nganye kwezi zinto zine ibonisa ubulumko bendalo kaThixo: ukumangalisa kwendlela enokubhabha ngayo intaka enkulu, indlela inyoka engenamilenze enokuhamba ngayo elityeni, indlela inqanawa enkulu enokuhamba ngayo kulwandle olungazolanga kodwa ingaziki nendlela isigantsontso somfana esidumb’ intloko ngayo yimbelukazi yentombi size sitshate nayo, bandule ke bavelise umntwana omangalisayo.

Snake Skin
Isikhumba Senyoka

The teachings of the Bible do not support the idea that snake handling is an acceptable feature of true worship.
Iimfundiso zeBhayibhile aziyixhasi ingcamango yokuba ukuphatha iinyoka kuyinkalo eyamkelekileyo yonqulo lwenyaniso.

The brother paddling needs sharp vision to avoid trees where snakes lurk, apt to drop into the boat.”
Umzalwana obheqayo wayefanele anikele ingqalelo ekhethekileyo ukuze aphephe imithi eneenyoka, ezihleli nje zilindele ukuwela kwiphenyane.”

However, you may wonder, ‘Why would a powerful spirit manipulate a snake the way a ventriloquist uses a dummy?’
Noko ke, usenokuzibuza, ‘Inobangelwa yintoni into yokuba isidalwa somoya sithethe ngenyoka?’

When Satan is hurled into the lake of fire, he will become as dead as a snake the head of which has been ground under an iron heel.
Xa uSathana ephoselwa kwidike lomlilo, uya kuba ngofileyo njengenyoka enyathelwe entloko ngesithende sentsimbi.

Other creatures include badgers, bats, bobcats, coyotes, kit foxes, kangaroo rats, mountain lions, porcupines, rabbit, skunks, wild burros, lizards, snakes, and desert tortoises.
Apha kukho neembila, amalulwane, iingqawa, iingcuka, iimpungutye, iimpuku, izingwe, iincanda, imivundla; intenetya, amaqaqa, iimbongolo zasendle, amacikilishe, iinyoka nofudo.

8 After crossing the Red Sea, the Israelites wandered in a land described as a “vast and terrible wilderness infested with poisonous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty, waterless land.”
8 Emva kokuwela uLwandle Olubomvu, amaSirayeli afathula kwilizwe elichazwe ngokuba “yintlango enkulu neyoyikekayo, eneenyoka ezinobuhlungu noonomadudwane nebaleleyo kwaye ingenamanzi.”

Sinners are devoured by wild beasts and by snakes, laboriously roasted, sawed into parts, tormented by thirst and hunger, boiled in oil, or ground to powder in iron or stone vessels.”
Aboni baqwengwa ngamarhamncwa asendle baze balunywe ziinyoka, baqhotswa kanobom, basarhwa babe ziziqa, bathwaxwa kukunxanwa nakukulamba, babiliselwa emafutheni, okanye basilwe babe ngumgubo kwintsimbi okanye kwiingqayi zamatye.”

The question is, How does the Creator of man and animals —including snakes— view the worship of serpent-gods?
Nanku ke umbuzo, UMdali wabantu nezilwanyana—kuquka iinyoka—ukujonga njani ukunqulwa koothixo abaziinyoka?

On certain fiesta days, dances are performed in which the participants adorn themselves with feathers and simulate the movements of a snake.
Kwimibhiyozo ethile, abantu badanisa bezihombise ngeentsiba baze balinganise iintshukumo zenyoka.

In our ministry we contacted an interested woman who lived far away, so twice a week I walked through territory that was infested with snakes and lizards to visit her.
Kubulungiseleli bethu sadibana nenkosikazi eyayinomdla neyayihlala kude, ngoko kabini ngeveki ndandihamba kumhlaba owawuzaliswe ziinyoka namacikilishe ukuya kuyityelela.