Proverbs 25:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He whose spirit is without restraint Is [like] a city that is broken down and without walls.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עִ֣יר פְּ֭רוּצָה אֵ֣ין חוֹמָ֑ה אִ֝֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֵ֖ין מַעְצָ֣ר לְרוּחֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

ʿîr pĕrûṣāh ʾên ḥômāh ʾîš ʾăšer ʾên maʿṣār to-rûḥô

Grammar Details

*ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular - city
*pĕrûṣāh*: qal passive participle, feminine singular - broken down
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is no
*ḥômāh*: noun, feminine singular - wall
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who
*maʿṣār*: noun, masculine singular - restraint
*lĕ*: preposition - to
*rûḥô*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his spirit

Word Meanings

*ʿîr*: city/town
*pĕrûṣāh*: broken down/breached/broken through
*ḥômāh*: wall/defense/rampart
*ʾîš*: man/person
*maʿṣār*: restraint/control/check
*rûḥô*: his spirit/his temper/his breath

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 16:32 : 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.
1 Sam 20:30 : 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of a perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame, and unto the shame of thy mother's nakedness?
2 Chr 32:5 : 5 And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
Neh 1:3 : 3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow, that one cannot speak to him.
Prov 22:24 : 24 Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

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