Proverbs 11:21
{ "verseID": "Proverbs.11.21", "source": "יָ֣ד לְ֭יָד לֹא־יִנָּ֣קֶה רָּ֑ע וְזֶ֖רַע צַדִּיקִ֣ים נִמְלָֽט׃", "text": "*Yād* *ləyād* *lōʾ-yinnāqeh* *rāʿ* *wəzeraʿ* *ṣaddîqîm* *nimlāṭ*.", "grammar": { "*Yād*": "feminine singular noun - hand", "*ləyād*": "preposition + feminine singular noun - to hand", "*lōʾ-yinnāqeh*": "negative particle + verb Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will not be unpunished", "*rāʿ*": "masculine singular adjective - evil one", "*wəzeraʿ*": "conjunction + masculine singular construct noun - and seed of", "*ṣaddîqîm*": "masculine plural adjective/noun - righteous ones", "*nimlāṭ*": "verb Niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - is delivered" }, "variants": { "*Yād* *ləyād*": "hand to hand (meaning 'assuredly')/join hands", "*yinnāqeh*": "will be unpunished/exempt/free", "*rāʿ*": "evil one/wicked one", "*zeraʿ*": "seed/offspring/descendants", "*ṣaddîqîm*": "righteous ones/just ones", "*nimlāṭ*": "is delivered/escapes/rescued" } }