Verse 21

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.20.21", "source": "נַ֭חֲלָה *מבחלת **מְבֹהֶ֣לֶת בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ לֹ֣א תְבֹרָֽךְ׃", "text": "*naḥalâ* **məbōhelet** in-the-*riʾšōnâ* and-*ʾaḥarîtāh* not *təbōrāk*", "grammar": { "*naḥalâ*": "noun, feminine singular - inheritance/possession", "**məbōhelet**": "verb, Pual participle feminine singular - gained hastily", "*riʾšōnâ*": "adjective, feminine singular - beginning/first", "*ʾaḥarîtāh*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - its end", "*təbōrāk*": "verb, Pual imperfect 3rd feminine singular - will be blessed" }, "variants": { "*naḥalâ*": "inheritance/possession/property", "**məbōhelet**": "gained hastily/acquired quickly/gotten anxiously", "*riʾšōnâ*": "beginning/first/initial stage", "*ʾaḥarîtāh*": "its end/outcome/final state", "*təbōrāk*": "will be blessed/will prosper" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:22 : 22 { "verseID": "Proverbs.13.22", "source": "ט֗וֹב יַנְחִ֥יל בְּנֵֽי־בָנִ֑ים וְצָפ֥וּן לַ֝צַּדִּ֗יק חֵ֣יל חוֹטֵֽא׃", "text": "*ṭôb yanḥîl bənê-bānîm wə-ṣāpûn laṣṣaddîq ḥêl ḥôṭēʾ*", "grammar": { "*ṭôb*": "adjective, masculine singular - good person", "*yanḥîl*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - causes to inherit", "*bənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of", "*bānîm*": "noun, masculine plural - sons/children", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*ṣāpûn*": "verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular - is stored up/is laid up", "*laṣṣaddîq*": "preposition + article + adjective, masculine singular - for the righteous", "*ḥêl*": "noun, masculine singular construct - wealth/strength of", "*ḥôṭēʾ*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - sinner" }, "variants": { "*ṭôb*": "good person/good man", "*yanḥîl*": "causes to inherit/leaves as inheritance", "*bənê-bānîm*": "children's children/grandchildren", "*ṣāpûn*": "is stored up/is laid up/is reserved", "*ṣaddîq*": "righteous person/just one", "*ḥêl*": "wealth/strength/substance", "*ḥôṭēʾ*": "sinner/one who sins" } }
  • Prov 23:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Proverbs.23.4", "source": "אַל־תִּיגַ֥ע לְֽהַעֲשִׁ֑יר מִֽבִּינָתְךָ֥ חֲדָֽל׃", "text": "Not *tîḡaʿ* to *haʿăšîr*, from *bînāṯǝḵā ḥăḏāl*.", "grammar": { "*tîḡaʿ*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - labor/toil/weary yourself", "*haʿăšîr*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to become rich/to gain wealth", "*bînāṯǝḵā*": "noun, feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your understanding/wisdom", "*ḥăḏāl*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - cease/desist/refrain" }, "variants": { "*tîḡaʿ*": "labor/toil/weary yourself/exhaust yourself", "*haʿăšîr*": "to become rich/to gain wealth", "*bînāṯǝḵā ḥăḏāl*": "cease from your understanding/desist from your wisdom/stop relying on your own insight" } }
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 { "verseID": "Proverbs.28.22", "source": "נִֽבֳהָֽ‪[m]‬ל לַה֗וֹן אִ֭ישׁ רַ֣ע עָ֑יִן וְלֹֽא־יֵ֝דַע כִּי־חֶ֥סֶר יְבֹאֶֽנּוּ׃", "text": "*niḇŏhāl* *lahôn* *'îš* *ra'* *'āyin* *wəlō'*-*yēḏa'* *kî*-*ḥeser* *yəḇō'ennû*", "grammar": { "*niḇŏhāl*": "Niphal participle, masculine singular - hastening/being anxious", "*lahôn*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - for wealth", "*'îš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*ra'*": "adjective, masculine singular construct - evil of", "*'āyin*": "noun, feminine singular - eye", "*wəlō'*-*yēḏa'*": "conjunction + negative particle + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and does not know", "*kî*-*ḥeser*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - that poverty", "*yəḇō'ennû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - will come upon him" }, "variants": { "*niḇŏhāl*": "hastening/anxious/troubled", "*hôn*": "wealth/riches/substance", "*'îš*": "man/person", "*ra'* *'āyin*": "evil of eye/having evil eye/envious", "*yēḏa'*": "knows/understands/perceives", "*ḥeser*": "poverty/want/lack", "*yəḇō'ennû*": "will come upon him/will overtake him" } }
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Proverbs.28.8", "source": "מַרְבֶּ֣ה ה֭וֹנוֹ בְּנֶ֣שֶׁךְ *ובתרבית **וְתַרְבִּ֑ית לְחוֹנֵ֖ן דַּלִּ֣ים יִקְבְּצֶֽנּוּ׃", "text": "*marbeh* *hônô* *bənešeḵ* *wəṯarbîṯ* *ləḥônēn* *dallîm* *yiqbəṣennû*", "grammar": { "*marbeh*": "Hiphil participle, masculine singular - one increasing", "*hônô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his wealth", "*bənešeḵ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - by interest/usury", "*wəṯarbîṯ*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and increase/profit", "*ləḥônēn*": "preposition + Qal participle, masculine singular - for one being gracious to", "*dallîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - poor ones/weak ones", "*yiqbəṣennû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he gathers it" }, "variants": { "*marbeh*": "one increasing/one multiplying", "*hônô*": "his wealth/his substance/his riches", "*nešeḵ*": "interest/usury", "*tarbîṯ*": "increase/profit/unjust gain", "*ḥônēn*": "one being gracious to/one showing favor to", "*dallîm*": "poor ones/weak ones/needy ones", "*yiqbəṣennû*": "gathers it/collects it/accumulates it" } }
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 { "verseID": "Proverbs.28.20", "source": "אִ֣ישׁ אֱ֭מוּנוֹת רַב־בְּרָכ֑וֹת וְאָ֥ץ לְ֝הַעֲשִׁ֗יר לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה׃", "text": "*'îš* *'ĕmûnôṯ* *raḇ*-*bərāḵôṯ* *wə'āṣ* *ləha'ăšîr* *lō'* *yinnāqeh*", "grammar": { "*'îš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*'ĕmûnôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural - faithfulness/trusts", "*raḇ*-*bərāḵôṯ*": "adjective, masculine singular construct + noun, feminine plural - abundant in blessings", "*wə'āṣ*": "conjunction + Qal participle, masculine singular - but one hastening", "*ləha'ăšîr*": "preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - to be rich", "*lō'*": "negative particle - not", "*yinnāqeh*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will be innocent/go unpunished" }, "variants": { "*'îš*": "man/person", "*'ĕmûnôṯ*": "faithfulness/trustworthiness/reliability", "*raḇ*": "abundant in/great in/many", "*bərāḵôṯ*": "blessings/benefits", "*'āṣ*": "hastening/hurrying", "*ləha'ăšîr*": "to be rich/to gain wealth", "*yinnāqeh*": "will go unpunished/will be held guiltless" } }
  • Hab 2:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Habakkuk.2.6", "source": "הֲלוֹא־אֵ֣לֶּה כֻלָּ֗ם עָלָיו֙ מָשָׁ֣ל יִשָּׂ֔אוּ וּמְלִיצָ֖ה חִיד֣וֹת ל֑וֹ וְיֹאמַ֗ר ה֚וֹי הַמַּרְבֶּ֣ה לֹּא־ל֔וֹ עַד־מָתַ֕י וּמַכְבִּ֥יד עָלָ֖יו עַבְטִֽיט׃", "text": "Will not these all of them against him *māšāl yiśśāʾû* and *mĕlîṣâ ḥîdôt* for him? And it will say, '*hôy hammarbe* not to him! Until when? And *makbîd* upon him *ʿabṭîṭ*.'", "grammar": { "*māšāl*": "noun, masculine, singular - proverb/taunt/parable", "*yiśśāʾû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will lift up/take up", "*mĕlîṣâ*": "noun, feminine, singular - mocking poem/satire", "*ḥîdôt*": "noun, feminine, plural construct - riddles of", "*hôy*": "interjection - woe/alas", "*hammarbe*": "verb, hiphil participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one increasing", "*makbîd*": "verb, hiphil participle, masculine singular - loading/making heavy", "*ʿabṭîṭ*": "noun, masculine, singular - pledge/debt/thick clay" }, "variants": { "*māšāl*": "taunt/proverb/parable/riddle", "*mĕlîṣâ*": "mocking poem/satire/taunting riddle", "*ḥîdôt*": "riddles/enigmas/dark sayings", "*makbîd*": "making heavy/loading/burdening", "*ʿabṭîṭ*": "pledges/thick clay/debt" } }
  • Zech 5:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Zechariah.5.4", "source": "הוֹצֵאתִ֗יהָ נְאֻם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וּבָ֙אָה֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַגַּנָּ֔ב וְאֶל־בֵּ֛ית הַנִּשְׁבָּ֥ע בִּשְׁמִ֖י לַשָּׁ֑קֶר וְלָ֙נֶה֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ בֵּית֔וֹ וְכִלַּ֖תּוּ וְאֶת־עֵצָ֥יו וְאֶת־אֲבָנָֽיו׃", "text": "I have *hôṣēʾṯîhā* *nəʾum* *Yəhwāh* *ṣəḇāʾôṯ* and it *ûḇāʾāh* to-*ʾel* house-*bêṯ* the *haggannāḇ* and to-*ʾel* house-*bêṯ* the *hannišbāʿ* in *bišmî* to the *laššāqer* and it *wəlāneh* in *bəṯôḵ* house-*bêṯô* and *wəḵillattû* and *ʾeṯ*-timbers-*ʿēṣāyw* and *ʾeṯ*-stones-*ʾăḇānāyw*", "grammar": { "*hôṣēʾṯîhā*": "hiphil perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - I brought/caused it to go out", "*nəʾum*": "construct noun, masculine singular - declaration of", "*Yəhwāh*": "proper name - Yahweh/LORD", "*ṣəḇāʾôṯ*": "noun, masculine plural - hosts/armies", "*ûḇāʾāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - and it will enter/come", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to/into", "*bêṯ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - house of", "*haggannāḇ*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the thief", "*hannišbāʿ*": "definite article + niphal participle, masculine singular - the one swearing", "*bišmî*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - in my name", "*laššāqer*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the falsehood", "*wəlāneh*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and it will lodge/remain", "*bəṯôḵ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in the midst of", "*bêṯô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his house", "*wəḵillattû*": "conjunction + piel perfect, 3rd person feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and it will consume/destroy it", "*ʿēṣāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its timbers", "*ʾăḇānāyw*": "noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its stones" }, "variants": { "*hôṣēʾṯîhā*": "I brought it forth/sent it out/released it", "*nəʾum*": "declaration/oracle/utterance", "*gannāḇ*": "thief/stealer", "*nišbāʿ*": "one who swears/takes an oath", "*šāqer*": "falsehood/lie/deception", "*lāneh*": "lodge/remain/spend the night", "*killattû*": "consume/destroy/finish it" } }
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 { "verseID": "Malachi.2.2", "source": "אִם־לֹ֣א תִשְׁמְע֡וּ וְאִם־לֹא֩ תָשִׂ֨ימוּ עַל־לֵ֜ב לָתֵ֧ת כָּב֣וֹד לִשְׁמִ֗י אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י בָכֶם֙ אֶת־הַמְּאֵרָ֔ה וְאָרוֹתִ֖י אֶת־בִּרְכֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וְגַם֙ אָרוֹתִ֔יהָ כִּ֥י אֵינְכֶ֖ם שָׂמִ֥ים עַל־לֵֽב׃", "text": "If-not *tišməʿû* and-if-not *tāśîmû* upon-*lēb* to-give *kābôd* to-*šəmî* *ʾāmar* *YHWH* *ṣəbāʾôt* and-*šillaḥtî* in-you *ʾet*-the-*məʾērâ* and-*ʾārôtî* *ʾet*-*birkôtêkem* and-also *ʾārôtîhā* because not-you *śāmîm* upon-*lēb*", "grammar": { "*tišməʿû*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you will hear/listen/obey", "*tāśîmû*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you will set/place/put", "*lēb*": "masculine singular noun - heart/mind/inner person", "*kābôd*": "masculine singular noun - glory/honor/weight", "*šəmî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my name", "*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he said/declared", "*YHWH*": "divine name", "*ṣəbāʾôt*": "feminine plural noun - hosts/armies", "*šillaḥtî*": "piel perfect 1st person singular - I will send/stretch out", "*məʾērâ*": "feminine singular noun - curse", "*ʾārôtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I will curse", "*birkôtêkem*": "feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your blessings", "*ʾārôtîhā*": "qal perfect 1st person singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - I have cursed it", "*śāmîm*": "qal participle masculine plural - placing/taking to heart" }, "variants": { "*lēb*": "heart/mind/inner self/will", "*kābôd*": "glory/honor/weight/heaviness", "*šillaḥtî*": "I will send/dispatch/release/let loose", "*məʾērâ*": "curse/execration", "*ʾārôtî*": "I will curse/bind with a curse", "*birkôtêkem*": "your blessings/benedictions" } }
  • 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 { "verseID": "1 Timothy.6.9", "source": "Οἱ δὲ βουλόμενοι πλουτεῖν ἐμπίπτουσιν εἰς πειρασμὸν καὶ παγίδα, καὶ ἐπιθυμίας πολλὰς ἀνοήτους καὶ βλαβεράς, αἵτινες βυθίζουσιν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους εἰς ὄλεθρον καὶ ἀπώλειαν.", "text": "The ones *de boulomenoi ploutein empiptousin* into *peirasmon kai pagida*, and *epithymias pollas anoētous kai blaberas*, which *bythizousin* the *anthrōpous* into *olethron kai apōleian*.", "grammar": { "*Hoi de*": "article with conjunction, nominative, masculine, plural - but the ones", "*boulomenoi*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, plural, middle - desiring/wanting", "*ploutein*": "present infinitive, active - to be rich/wealthy", "*empiptousin*": "present indicative, 3rd person plural, active - fall into", "*eis*": "preposition - into", "*peirasmon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - temptation/trial", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*pagida*": "accusative, feminine, singular - trap/snare", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*epithymias*": "accusative, feminine, plural - desires/lusts", "*pollas*": "accusative, feminine, plural - many", "*anoētous*": "accusative, feminine, plural - foolish/senseless", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*blaberas*": "accusative, feminine, plural - harmful/hurtful", "*haitines*": "relative pronoun, nominative, feminine, plural - which", "*bythizousin*": "present indicative, 3rd person plural, active - sink/plunge/drown", "*tous anthrōpous*": "accusative, masculine, plural with article - the people/men", "*eis*": "preposition - into", "*olethron*": "accusative, masculine, singular - destruction/ruin", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*apōleian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - perdition/destruction" }, "variants": { "*boulomenoi*": "desiring/wanting/wishing/intending", "*ploutein*": "to be rich/to gain wealth/to prosper", "*empiptousin*": "fall into/plunge into/become entangled in", "*peirasmon*": "temptation/trial/testing", "*pagida*": "trap/snare/net", "*epithymias*": "desires/lusts/cravings/longings", "*anoētous*": "foolish/senseless/mindless", "*blaberas*": "harmful/hurtful/destructive", "*bythizousin*": "sink/plunge/drown/submerge", "*olethron*": "destruction/ruin/perdition", "*apōleian*": "perdition/destruction/ruin/loss" } }
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 { "verseID": "Job.27.16", "source": "אִם־יִצְבֹּ֣ר כֶּעָפָ֣ר כָּ֑סֶף וְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶר יָכִ֥ין מַלְבּֽוּשׁ׃", "text": "*ʾim-yiṣbōr* *keʿāp̄ār* *kāsep̄* *wə-ḵaḥōmer* *yāḵîn* *malbûš*", "grammar": { "*ʾim-yiṣbōr*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - if he heaps up", "*keʿāp̄ār*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - like dust", "*kāsep̄*": "noun masculine singular - silver", "*wə-ḵaḥōmer*": "conjunction + preposition + noun masculine singular - and like clay", "*yāḵîn*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he prepares", "*malbûš*": "noun masculine singular - clothing/garment" }, "variants": { "*ṣāḇar*": "heap up/pile up", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "dust/dirt/earth", "*kesep̄*": "silver/money", "*ḥōmer*": "clay/mortar/cement", "*kûn*": "establish/prepare/provide", "*malbûš*": "clothing/garment/attire" } } 17 { "verseID": "Job.27.17", "source": "יָ֭כִין וְצַדִּ֣יק יִלְבָּ֑שׁ וְ֝כֶ֗סֶף נָקִ֥י יַחֲלֹֽק׃", "text": "*yāḵîn* *wə-ṣaddîq* *yilbāš* *wə-ḵesep̄* *nāqî* *yaḥălōq*", "grammar": { "*yāḵîn*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he prepares", "*wə-ṣaddîq*": "conjunction + adjective masculine singular - but the righteous", "*yilbāš*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will wear/put on", "*wə-ḵesep̄*": "conjunction + noun masculine singular - and silver", "*nāqî*": "adjective masculine singular - innocent/pure", "*yaḥălōq*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will divide/inherit" }, "variants": { "*kûn*": "establish/prepare/provide", "*ṣaddîq*": "righteous/just/lawful", "*lāḇaš*": "put on/wear/clothe", "*kesep̄*": "silver/money", "*nāqî*": "innocent/pure/free", "*ḥālaq*": "divide/share/apportion/inherit" } }