Prov 23:27-35 : 27 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.23.27",
"source": "כִּֽי־שׁוּחָ֣ה עֲמֻקָּ֣ה זוֹנָ֑ה וּבְאֵ֥ר צָ֝רָ֗ה נָכְרִיָּֽה׃",
"text": "For a *šûḥāh ʿămûqqāh zônāh*, and a *bǝʾēr ṣārāh noḵrîyyāh*.",
"grammar": {
"*šûḥāh*": "noun, feminine singular - pit",
"*ʿămûqqāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - deep",
"*zônāh*": "qal participle, feminine singular - prostitute/harlot",
"*bǝʾēr*": "noun, feminine singular - well/pit",
"*ṣārāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - narrow",
"*noḵrîyyāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - foreign/strange woman"
},
"variants": {
"*šûḥāh ʿămûqqāh*": "deep pit/deep ditch",
"*zônāh*": "prostitute/harlot",
"*bǝʾēr ṣārāh*": "narrow well/confined pit",
"*noḵrîyyāh*": "foreign woman/strange woman/adulteress"
}
}
28 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.23.28",
"source": "אַף־הִ֭יא כְּחֶ֣תֶף תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑ב וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים בְּאָדָ֥ם תּוֹסִֽף׃",
"text": "Also she like *ḥeṯep̄ teʾěrōḇ*, and *ḇôḡǝḏîm* among *ʾāḏām tôsîp̄*.",
"grammar": {
"*ḥeṯep̄*": "noun, masculine singular - prey/plunder",
"*teʾěrōḇ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - lies in wait/ambushes",
"*ḇôḡǝḏîm*": "qal participle, masculine plural - treacherous ones/unfaithful men",
"*ʾāḏām*": "noun, masculine singular - mankind/humanity",
"*tôsîp̄*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - increases/adds to"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥeṯep̄*": "prey/plunder/robber",
"*teʾěrōḇ*": "lies in wait/ambushes/lurks",
"*ḇôḡǝḏîm*": "treacherous ones/unfaithful men/traitors",
"*tôsîp̄*": "increases/adds to/multiplies"
}
}
29 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.23.29",
"source": "לְמִ֨י א֥וֹי לְמִ֪י אֲב֡וֹי לְמִ֤י *מדונים **מִדְיָנִ֨ים ׀ לְמִ֥י שִׂ֗יחַ לְ֭מִי פְּצָעִ֣ים חִנָּ֑ם לְ֝מִ֗י חַכְלִל֥וּת עֵינָֽיִם׃",
"text": "To whom *ʾôy* to whom *ʾăḇôy* to whom *miḏyānîm* to whom *śîaḥ* to whom *pǝṣāʿîm ḥinnām* to whom *ḥaḵlilûṯ ʿênāyim*?",
"grammar": {
"*ʾôy*": "interjection - woe/sorrow",
"*ʾăḇôy*": "interjection - grief/misery",
"*miḏyānîm*": "noun, masculine plural - contentions/strife",
"*śîaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - complaint/babbling",
"*pǝṣāʿîm*": "noun, masculine plural - wounds",
"*ḥinnām*": "adverb - without cause/for nothing",
"*ḥaḵlilûṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - redness/dullness",
"*ʿênāyim*": "noun, feminine dual - eyes"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾôy*": "woe/sorrow/distress",
"*ʾăḇôy*": "grief/misery/anguish",
"*miḏyānîm*": "contentions/strife/quarrels",
"*śîaḥ*": "complaint/babbling/muttering",
"*pǝṣāʿîm ḥinnām*": "wounds without cause/injuries for nothing",
"*ḥaḵlilûṯ ʿênāyim*": "redness of eyes/dullness of vision/bloodshot eyes"
}
}
30 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.23.30",
"source": "לַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥ים עַל־הַיָּ֑יִן לַ֝בָּאִ֗ים לַחְקֹ֥ר מִמְסָֽךְ׃",
"text": "To those who *mǝʾaḥărîm* over *hayyāyin*, to those who *bāʾîm* to *laḥqōr mimǝsāḵ*.",
"grammar": {
"*mǝʾaḥărîm*": "piel participle, masculine plural - linger/tarry",
"*hayyāyin*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the wine",
"*bāʾîm*": "qal participle, masculine plural - come/go",
"*laḥqōr*": "qal infinitive construct + preposition - to search out/investigate",
"*mimǝsāḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - mixed wine/spiced wine"
},
"variants": {
"*mǝʾaḥărîm*": "linger/tarry/stay long",
"*bāʾîm laḥqōr*": "come to search out/go to investigate/seek",
"*mimǝsāḵ*": "mixed wine/spiced wine/blended drink"
}
}
31 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.23.31",
"source": "אַל־תֵּ֥רֶא יַּיִן֮ כִּ֢י יִתְאַ֫דָּ֥ם כִּֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן *בכיס **בַּכּ֣וֹס עֵינ֑וֹ יִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃",
"text": "Do not *tēreʾ yayin* when *yiṯʾaddām*, when it *yittēn bakkôs* its *ʿênô*, *yiṯhallēḵ bǝmêšārîm*.",
"grammar": {
"*tēreʾ*": "qal imperfect jussive, 2nd person masculine singular - look at/gaze upon",
"*yayin*": "noun, masculine singular - wine",
"*yiṯʾaddām*": "hithpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - shows itself red",
"*yittēn*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - gives",
"*bakkôs*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the cup",
"*ʿênô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its eye/color",
"*yiṯhallēḵ*": "hithpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - goes about/moves",
"*bǝmêšārîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - in straightness/smoothly"
},
"variants": {
"*tēreʾ yayin*": "look at wine/gaze upon wine",
"*yiṯʾaddām*": "shows itself red/is red/sparkles",
"*yittēn bakkôs ʿênô*": "gives its color in the cup/shows its gleam in the goblet",
"*yiṯhallēḵ bǝmêšārîm*": "goes down smoothly/moves straight/flows evenly"
}
}
32 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.23.32",
"source": "אַ֭חֲרִיתוֹ כְּנָחָ֣שׁ יִשָּׁ֑ךְ וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥י יַפְרִֽשׁ׃",
"text": "Its *ʾaḥărîṯô* like *nāḥāš yiššāḵ*, and like *ṣip̄ʿōnî yap̄riš*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾaḥărîṯô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its end/outcome",
"*nāḥāš*": "noun, masculine singular - serpent/snake",
"*yiššāḵ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - bites",
"*ṣip̄ʿōnî*": "noun, masculine singular - viper/adder",
"*yap̄riš*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - injects/spreads"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾaḥărîṯô*": "its end/its outcome/its aftermath",
"*nāḥāš yiššāḵ*": "serpent bites/snake strikes",
"*ṣip̄ʿōnî yap̄riš*": "viper injects/adder spreads venom/poisonous snake stings"
}
}
33 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.23.33",
"source": "עֵ֭ינֶיךָ יִרְא֣וּ זָר֑וֹת וְ֝לִבְּךָ֗ יְדַבֵּ֥ר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃",
"text": "Your *ʿêneḵā yirʾû zārôṯ*, and your *libbǝḵā yǝḏabbēr tahpuḵôṯ*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʿêneḵā*": "noun, feminine dual + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes",
"*yirʾû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - will see",
"*zārôṯ*": "adjective, feminine plural - strange things",
"*libbǝḵā*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your heart",
"*yǝḏabbēr*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will speak/utter",
"*tahpuḵôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural - perverse things/distortions"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿêneḵā yirʾû zārôṯ*": "your eyes will see strange things/your vision will perceive odd sights",
"*libbǝḵā yǝḏabbēr tahpuḵôṯ*": "your heart will utter perverse things/your mind will speak distortions"
}
}
34 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.23.34",
"source": "וְ֭הָיִיתָ כְּשֹׁכֵ֣ב בְּלֶב־יָ֑ם וּ֝כְשֹׁכֵ֗ב בְּרֹ֣אשׁ חִבֵּֽל׃",
"text": "And you *hāyîṯā* like one *šōḵēḇ* in *lēḇ-yām*, and like one *šōḵēḇ* in *rōʾš ḥibbēl*.",
"grammar": {
"*hāyîṯā*": "qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will be",
"*šōḵēḇ*": "qal participle, masculine singular - lying down",
"*lēḇ-yām*": "noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular - heart of sea/midst of sea",
"*rōʾš*": "noun, masculine singular construct - top of",
"*ḥibbēl*": "noun, masculine singular - mast"
},
"variants": {
"*šōḵēḇ bǝlēḇ-yām*": "one lying in the midst of the sea/one who lies in the heart of the ocean",
"*šōḵēḇ bǝrōʾš ḥibbēl*": "one lying at the top of a mast/one who sleeps on the summit of a ship's mast"
}
}
35 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.23.35",
"source": "הִכּ֥וּנִי בַל־חָלִיתִי֮ הֲלָמ֗וּנִי בַּל־יָ֫דָ֥עְתִּי מָתַ֥י אָקִ֑יץ א֝וֹסִ֗יף אֲבַקְשֶׁ֥נּוּ עֽוֹד׃",
"text": "\"*hikkûnî bal-ḥālîṯî*, *hălāmûnî bal-yāḏāʿtî*; when *māṯay ʾāqîṣ*? *ʾôsîp̄ ʾăḇaqšennû ʿôḏ*.\"",
"grammar": {
"*hikkûnî*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural + 1st person common singular suffix - they struck me",
"*bal-ḥālîṯî*": "negative particle + qal perfect, 1st person common singular - I was not sick/hurt",
"*hălāmûnî*": "qal perfect, 3rd person common plural + 1st person common singular suffix - they beat me",
"*bal-yāḏāʿtî*": "negative particle + qal perfect, 1st person common singular - I did not know",
"*māṯay*": "interrogative adverb - when",
"*ʾāqîṣ*": "hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular - I will awake",
"*ʾôsîp̄*": "hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular - I will add/continue",
"*ʾăḇaqšennû*": "piel imperfect, 1st person common singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I will seek it",
"*ʿôḏ*": "adverb - again/still/yet"
},
"variants": {
"*hikkûnî bal-ḥālîṯî*": "they struck me, I was not hurt/they hit me, I felt no pain",
"*hălāmûnî bal-yāḏāʿtî*": "they beat me, I did not know it/they struck me, I was unaware",
"*māṯay ʾāqîṣ*": "when will I awake/when will I regain consciousness",
"*ʾôsîp̄ ʾăḇaqšennû ʿôḏ*": "I will seek it again/I will continue looking for it more"
}
}