Proverbs 25:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֹקַ֣ר רַ֭גְלְךָ מִבֵּ֣ית רֵעֶ֑ךָ פֶּן־יִ֝שְׂבָּעֲךָ֗ וּשְׂנֵאֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

hōqar raglĕkā from-bêt rēʿekā lest-yiśbāʿăkā and-śĕnēʾekā

Grammar Details

*hōqar*: hiphil imperative, masculine singular - make rare/withdraw
*raglĕkā*: noun, feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your foot
*mi*: preposition - from
*bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*rēʿekā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your neighbor
*pen*: conjunction - lest
*yiśbāʿăkā*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he will be filled with you
*û*: conjunction - and
*śĕnēʾekā*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he will hate you

Word Meanings

*hōqar*: make rare/withdraw/hold back
*raglĕkā*: your foot/your visit
*bêt*: house/home
*rēʿekā*: your neighbor/your friend/your companion
*yiśbāʿăkā*: he will be filled with you/he will have too much of you
*śĕnēʾekā*: he will hate you/he will detest you

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Referenced Verses

Gen 19:2-3 : 2 and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
Judg 19:18-21 : 18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah unto the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim; from thence am I, and I went to Beth-lehem-judah: and I am [now] going to the house of Jehovah; and there is no man that taketh me into his house. 19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man that is with thy servants: there is no want of anything. 20 And the old man said, Peace be unto thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. 21 So he brought him into his house, and gave the asses fodder; and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.

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