Verse 15

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.11.15", "source": "רַע־יֵ֭רוֹעַ כִּי־עָ֣רַב זָ֑ר וְשֹׂנֵ֖א תֹקְעִ֣ים בּוֹטֵֽחַ׃", "text": "*Raʿ-yērôaʿ* *kî-ʿārab* *zār* *wəśōnēʾ* *tōqəʿîm* *bôṭēaḥ*.", "grammar": { "*Raʿ-yērôaʿ*": "adjective + verb Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - evil/badly he suffers harm", "*kî-ʿārab*": "conjunction + verb Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - when he gives pledge for", "*zār*": "masculine singular adjective/noun - stranger", "*wəśōnēʾ*": "conjunction + verb Qal participle masculine singular - and one who hates", "*tōqəʿîm*": "masculine plural noun - striking hands (in pledge)", "*bôṭēaḥ*": "verb Qal participle masculine singular - being secure/trusting" }, "variants": { "*Raʿ*": "evil/bad/harmful", "*yērôaʿ*": "suffers harm/is injured/hurt", "*ʿārab*": "gives pledge/guarantees/becomes surety", "*zār*": "stranger/foreigner/outsider", "*śōnēʾ*": "one who hates/hater", "*tōqəʿîm*": "striking hands (in pledge)/giving pledges", "*bôṭēaḥ*": "secure/trusting/confident" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:18 : 18 { "verseID": "Proverbs.17.18", "source": "אָדָם חֲסַר־לֵב תּוֹקֵעַ כָּף עֹרֵב עֲרֻבָּה לִפְנֵי רֵעֵהוּ", "text": "*'ādām* *chăsar*-*lēb* *tôqēa'* *kāp* *'ōrēb* *'ărubāh* *lipnê* *rē'ēhû*", "grammar": { "*'ādām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/person", "*chăsar*": "adjective, masculine singular construct - lacking", "*lēb*": "noun, masculine singular - heart/mind", "*tôqēa'*": "participle, Qal - striking/pledging", "*kāp*": "noun, feminine singular - palm/hand", "*'ōrēb*": "participle, Qal - becoming surety", "*'ărubāh*": "noun, feminine singular - pledge/security", "*lipnê*": "preposition + plural construct - before", "*rē'ēhû*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his friend" }, "variants": { "*'ādām*": "man/person/human", "*chăsar-lēb*": "lacking heart/senseless/lacking understanding", "*tôqēa'*": "striking/pledging/shaking", "*kāp*": "palm/hand", "*'ōrēb*": "becoming surety/pledging", "*'ărubāh*": "pledge/security/guarantee", "*lipnê*": "before/in the presence of", "*rē'ēhû*": "his friend/neighbor/associate" } }
  • Prov 20:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Proverbs.20.16", "source": "לְֽקַח־בִּ֭גְדוֹ כִּי־עָ֣רַב זָ֑ר וּבְעַ֖ד *נכרים **נָכְרִיָּ֣ה חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃", "text": "Take-*bigdô* for-*ʿārab* *zār* and-for **nākrîyâ** *ḥablēhû*", "grammar": { "*bigdô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his garment", "*ʿārab*": "verb, Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - has pledged for", "*zār*": "adjective, masculine singular - stranger", "**nākrîyâ**": "adjective, feminine singular - foreign woman/stranger", "*ḥablēhû*": "verb, Qal imperative masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - take his pledge" }, "variants": { "*bigdô*": "his garment/clothing/cloak", "*ʿārab*": "has pledged for/guaranteed/put up security for", "*zār*": "stranger/foreigner/outsider", "**nākrîyâ**": "foreign woman/strange woman/adulteress", "*ḥablēhû*": "take his pledge/seize his collateral" } }
  • Prov 22:26-27 : 26 { "verseID": "Proverbs.22.26", "source": "אַל־תְּהִ֥י בְתֹֽקְעֵי־כָ֑ף בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗ים מַשָּׁאֽוֹת׃", "text": "Not *Tĕhî* in *Tōq'ê-Kāp*; in *'ōrĕbîm* *maššā'ôT*.", "grammar": { "Not": "negative particle with jussive, *'al* - do not", "*Tĕhî*": "verb, Qal imperfect jussive, 2nd person masculine singular - you be", "in": "preposition, *bĕ* - among/with", "*Tōq'ê-Kāp*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine plural construct with noun - strikers of hand", "in": "preposition, *ba* - among", "*'ōrĕbîm*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine plural - those who pledge", "*maššā'ôT*": "noun, feminine plural - debts/loans" }, "variants": { "*Tĕhî*": "be/become/exist", "*Tōq'ê-Kāp*": "those who strike hands/those who give pledges/those who make guarantees", "*'ōrĕbîm*": "those who give security/those who pledge/those who guarantee", "*maššā'ôT*": "debts/loans/burdens" } } 27 { "verseID": "Proverbs.22.27", "source": "אִם־אֵֽין־לְךָ֥ לְשַׁלֵּ֑ם לָ֥מָּה יִקַּ֥ח מִ֝שְׁכָּבְךָ֗ מִתַּחְתֶּֽיךָ׃", "text": "If *'ên-lĕKā* to *šallēm*, why *yiqqaḥ* *mišKābĕKā* from-under-you?", "grammar": { "If": "conjunction, *'im* - if", "*'ên-lĕKā*": "particle of negation with preposition and pronominal suffix - there is not to you", "to": "preposition with infinitive construct, *lĕšallēm* - to pay", "why": "interrogative, *lāmmāh* - why", "*yiqqaḥ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will take", "*mišKābĕKā*": "noun with pronominal suffix, masculine singular - your bed", "from-under-you": "preposition with preposition and pronominal suffix, *miTTaḥTeKā* - from under you" }, "variants": { "*'ên-lĕKā*": "you do not have/there is not to you", "*šallēm*": "to pay/to repay/to complete", "*yiqqaḥ*": "will take/will seize/will remove", "*mišKābĕKā*": "your bed/your place of lying/your couch", "from-under-you": "from beneath you/from under you" } }
  • Prov 6:1-5 : 1 { "verseID": "Proverbs.6.1", "source": "בְּ֭נִי אִם־עָרַ֣בְתָּ לְרֵעֶ֑ךָ תָּקַ֖עְתָּ לַזָּ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃", "text": "*Bənî* if *ʿāravtā* for *rēʿeḵā* *tāqaʿtā* for-the-*zār* *kappeyḵā*", "grammar": { "*Bənî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person suffix - my son", "*ʿāravtā*": "verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have become surety/pledged", "*rēʿeḵā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your neighbor/friend", "*tāqaʿtā*": "verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have struck/clasped", "*zār*": "adjective, masculine singular - stranger/foreigner", "*kappeyḵā*": "noun, feminine dual construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your palms/hands" }, "variants": { "*ʿāravtā*": "pledged yourself/given security/became surety", "*tāqaʿtā*": "struck/clasped/given your hands", "*zār*": "stranger/foreigner/another person" } } 2 { "verseID": "Proverbs.6.2", "source": "נוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּ בְאִמְרֵי־פִ֑יךָ נִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּ בְּאִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃", "text": "*nôqaštā* in-*ʾimrê*-*pîḵā* *nilkadtā* in-*ʾimrê*-*pîḵā*", "grammar": { "*nôqaštā*": "verb, niphal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have been snared/entrapped", "*ʾimrê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - words/sayings of", "*pîḵā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your mouth", "*nilkadtā*": "verb, niphal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have been caught/captured" }, "variants": { "*nôqaštā*": "entrapped/ensnared/caught in a trap", "*nilkadtā*": "captured/caught/taken" } } 3 { "verseID": "Proverbs.6.3", "source": "עֲשֵׂ֨ה זֹ֥את אֵפ֪וֹא ׀ בְּנִ֡י וְֽהִנָּצֵ֗ל כִּ֘י בָ֤אתָ בְכַף־רֵעֶ֑ךָ לֵ֥ךְ הִ֝תְרַפֵּ֗ס וּרְהַ֥ב רֵעֶֽיךָ׃", "text": "*ʿăśēh* *zōʾt* *ʾêfôʾ* *bənî* *wəhinnāṣēl* because *vāʾtā* in-*ḵap*-*rēʿeḵā* *lēḵ* *hitrappēs* and-*rəhav* *rēʿeyḵā*", "grammar": { "*ʿăśēh*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - do/make", "*zōʾt*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this", "*ʾêfôʾ*": "adverb - then/therefore/now", "*bənî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my son", "*wəhinnāṣēl*": "conjunction + verb, niphal imperative masculine singular - and be delivered/rescued", "*vāʾtā*": "verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have come/entered", "*ḵap*": "noun, feminine singular construct - palm/hand of", "*rēʿeḵā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your neighbor/friend", "*lēḵ*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - go", "*hitrappēs*": "verb, hithpael imperative masculine singular - humble yourself/prostrate yourself", "*rəhav*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - urge/press/importune", "*rēʿeyḵā*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your neighbors/friends" }, "variants": { "*ʾêfôʾ*": "then/therefore/now", "*hitrappēs*": "humble yourself/prostrate yourself/submit yourself", "*rəhav*": "urge/press/importune/be insistent with" } } 4 { "verseID": "Proverbs.6.4", "source": "אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְעֵינֶ֑יךָ וּ֝תְנוּמָ֗ה לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃", "text": "Not-*tittēn* *šēnāh* to-*ʿêneḵā* and-*tənûmāh* to-*ʿapʿappeḵā*", "grammar": { "*tittēn*": "verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular jussive - may you give/allow", "*šēnāh*": "noun, feminine singular - sleep", "*ʿêneḵā*": "noun, feminine dual construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes", "*tənûmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - slumber/drowsiness", "*ʿapʿappeḵā*": "noun, masculine dual construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyelids" }, "variants": { "*tənûmāh*": "slumber/drowsiness/dozing" } } 5 { "verseID": "Proverbs.6.5", "source": "הִ֭נָּצֵל כִּצְבִ֣י מִיָּ֑ד וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹר מִיַּ֥ד יָקֽוּשׁ׃ פ", "text": "*hinnāṣēl* like-*ṣəvî* from-*yād* and-like-*ṣippôr* from-*yad* *yāqûš*", "grammar": { "*hinnāṣēl*": "verb, niphal imperative masculine singular - be delivered/rescue yourself", "*ṣəvî*": "noun, masculine singular - gazelle/deer", "*yād*": "noun, feminine singular - hand", "*ṣippôr*": "noun, feminine singular - bird", "*yāqûš*": "noun, masculine singular - fowler/trapper" }, "variants": { "*hinnāṣēl*": "deliver yourself/escape/be rescued", "*ṣəvî*": "gazelle/deer/roe", "*yāqûš*": "fowler/bird trapper/hunter" } }