Proverbs 27:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גָּלָ֣ה חָ֭צִיר וְנִרְאָה־דֶ֑שֶׁא וְ֝נֶאֶסְפ֗וּ עִשְּׂב֥וֹת הָרִֽים׃

Transliteration

gālāh ḥāṣîr wĕnirʾāh-dešeʾ wĕneʾespû ʿiśśĕbôt hārîm

Grammar Details

*gālāh*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - reveals/appears
*ḥāṣîr*: masculine singular - grass/hay
*wĕnirʾāh*: conjunction + niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - and appears
*dešeʾ*: masculine singular - tender grass
*wĕneʾespû*: conjunction + niphal perfect 3rd person common plural - and are gathered
*ʿiśśĕbôt*: feminine plural construct - herbs of
*hārîm*: definite article + masculine plural - the mountains

Word Meanings

*gālāh*: reveal/appear/remove
*ḥāṣîr*: grass/hay/herb
*nirʾāh*: appear/become visible/be seen
*dešeʾ*: tender grass/vegetation/green plant
*neʾesap*: be gathered/be collected/be harvested
*ʿēśeb*: herb/plant/vegetation
*har*: mountain/hill

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 104:14 : 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,
Prov 10:5 : 5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; [But] he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

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