Verse 5

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.31.5", "source": "פֶּן־יִ֭שְׁתֶּה וְיִשְׁכַּ֣ח מְחֻקָּ֑ק וִֽ֝ישַׁנֶּה דִּ֣ין כָּל־בְּנֵי־עֹֽנִי", "text": "*pen*-*yišteh* *wĕyiškaḥ* *mĕḥuqqāq* *wîšanneh* *dîn* *kol*-*bĕnê*-*ʿōnî*", "grammar": { "*pen*": "conjunction - lest/so that not", "*yišteh*": "verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he drinks", "*wĕyiškaḥ*": "conjunction *wə* + verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and forgets", "*mĕḥuqqāq*": "Pual participle masculine singular - what is decreed/statute/law", "*wîšanneh*": "conjunction *wə* + verb, Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and perverts/changes", "*dîn*": "noun, masculine singular construct - judgment/cause of", "*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all of", "*bĕnê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons of", "*ʿōnî*": "noun, masculine singular - affliction/poverty" }, "variants": { "*pen*": "lest/otherwise/so that not", "*yišteh*": "he drinks/will drink", "*yiškaḥ*": "he forgets/will forget", "*mĕḥuqqāq*": "what is decreed/statute/law/ordinance", "*yĕšanneh*": "he changes/perverts/alters", "*dîn*": "judgment/legal claim/cause/rights", "*bĕnê*-*ʿōnî*": "children of affliction/sons of poverty/the oppressed" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Hab 2:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Habakkuk.2.5", "source": "וְאַף֙ כִּֽי־הַיַּ֣יִן בּוֹגֵ֔ד גֶּ֥בֶר יָהִ֖יר וְלֹ֣א יִנְוֶ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֩ הִרְחִ֨יב כִּשְׁא֜וֹל נַפְשׁ֗וֹ וְה֤וּא כַמָּ֙וֶת֙ וְלֹ֣א יִשְׂבָּ֔ע וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף אֵלָיו֙ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץ אֵלָ֖יו כָּל־הָעַמִּֽים׃", "text": "And moreover because *hayyayin bôgēd*, *geber yāhîr* and not *yinweh*, who *hirḥîb* like *šĕʾôl napšô*, and he like *mawet* and not *yiśbāʿ*, and *yeʾĕsōp* unto him all *haggôyim* and *yiqbōṣ* unto him all *hāʿammîm*.", "grammar": { "*hayyayin*": "noun, masculine, singular with definite article - the wine", "*bôgēd*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - betraying/treacherous", "*geber*": "noun, masculine, singular - man/strong man", "*yāhîr*": "adjective, masculine, singular - proud/arrogant", "*yinweh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he dwells/rests/succeeds", "*hirḥîb*": "verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he enlarges/expands", "*šĕʾôl*": "noun, feminine, singular - sheol/grave/underworld", "*napšô*": "noun, feminine, singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul/appetite", "*mawet*": "noun, masculine, singular - death", "*yiśbāʿ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he is satisfied", "*yeʾĕsōp*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he gathers", "*haggôyim*": "noun, masculine, plural with definite article - the nations", "*yiqbōṣ*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he collects", "*hāʿammîm*": "noun, masculine, plural with definite article - the peoples" }, "variants": { "*bôgēd*": "treacherous/betraying/dealing treacherously", "*yāhîr*": "proud/arrogant/presumptuous", "*yinweh*": "dwells/rests/is satisfied/succeeds", "*šĕʾôl*": "sheol/grave/underworld/place of the dead", "*napšô*": "his appetite/desire/soul" } }