Proverbs 25:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For thou wilt heap coals of fire upon his head, And Jehovah will reward thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י גֶֽחָלִ֗ים אַ֭תָּה חֹתֶ֣ה עַל־רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וֽ͏ַ֝יהוָ֗ה יְשַׁלֶּם־לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

For geḥālîm you ḥōteh upon-rōʾšô and-YHWH yĕšallem-to-you

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for
*geḥālîm*: noun, masculine plural - coals
*ʾattāh*: pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
*ḥōteh*: qal participle, masculine singular - heaping/gathering
*ʿal*: preposition - upon
*rōʾšô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his head
*wa*: conjunction - and
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
*yĕšallem*: piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will repay
*lāk*: preposition + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - to you

Word Meanings

*geḥālîm*: coals/burning coals/hot embers
*ḥōteh*: heaping/gathering/shoveling
*rōʾšô*: his head
*yĕšallem*: will repay/will reward/will make peace

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 16:12 : 12 It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done unto me, and that Jehovah will requite me good for [his] cursing of me this day.
Matt 10:13 : 13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
1 Cor 15:18 : 18 Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

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