18{
"verseID": "Proverbs.17.18",
"source": "אָדָם חֲסַר־לֵב תּוֹקֵעַ כָּף עֹרֵב עֲרֻבָּה לִפְנֵי רֵעֵהוּ",
"text": "*'ādām* *chăsar*-*lēb* *tôqēa'* *kāp* *'ōrēb* *'ărubāh* *lipnê* *rē'ēhû*",
"grammar": {
"*'ādām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/person",
"*chăsar*": "adjective, masculine singular construct - lacking",
"*lēb*": "noun, masculine singular - heart/mind",
"*tôqēa'*": "participle, Qal - striking/pledging",
"*kāp*": "noun, feminine singular - palm/hand",
"*'ōrēb*": "participle, Qal - becoming surety",
"*'ărubāh*": "noun, feminine singular - pledge/security",
"*lipnê*": "preposition + plural construct - before",
"*rē'ēhû*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his friend"
},
"variants": {
"*'ādām*": "man/person/human",
"*chăsar-lēb*": "lacking heart/senseless/lacking understanding",
"*tôqēa'*": "striking/pledging/shaking",
"*kāp*": "palm/hand",
"*'ōrēb*": "becoming surety/pledging",
"*'ărubāh*": "pledge/security/guarantee",
"*lipnê*": "before/in the presence of",
"*rē'ēhû*": "his friend/neighbor/associate"
}
}
19{
"verseID": "Proverbs.17.19",
"source": "אֹהֵב פֶּשַׁע אֹהֵב מַצָּה מַגְבִּיהַּ פִּתְחוֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ־שָׁבֶר",
"text": "*'ōhēb* *peša'* *'ōhēb* *maṣṣāh* *magbîa* *pitchô* *məbaqqēš*-*šāber*",
"grammar": {
"*'ōhēb*": "participle, Qal - loving",
"*peša'*": "noun, masculine singular - transgression",
"*'ōhēb*": "participle, Qal - loving",
"*maṣṣāh*": "noun, feminine singular - strife/contention",
"*magbîa*": "participle, Hiphil - raising high",
"*pitchô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his entrance/door",
"*məbaqqēš*": "participle, Piel - seeking",
"*šāber*": "noun, masculine singular - destruction/ruin"
},
"variants": {
"*'ōhēb*": "loving/one who loves",
"*peša'*": "transgression/rebellion/sin",
"*maṣṣāh*": "strife/contention/quarrel",
"*magbîa*": "raising high/making lofty",
"*pitchô*": "his entrance/his door/his gate",
"*məbaqqēš*": "seeking/looking for",
"*šāber*": "destruction/ruin/breaking"
}
}
20{
"verseID": "Proverbs.17.20",
"source": "עִקֶּשׁ־לֵב לֹא יִמְצָא־טוֹב וְנֶהְפָּךְ בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ יִפּוֹל בְּרָעָה",
"text": "*'iqqēš*-*lēb* not *yimṣā*-*ṭôb* *wə-nehpāk* in *ləšônô* *yippôl* in *rā'āh*",
"grammar": {
"*'iqqēš*": "adjective, masculine singular construct - crooked/perverse",
"*lēb*": "noun, masculine singular - heart",
"*lō*": "negative particle - not",
"*yimṣā*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will find",
"*ṭôb*": "noun, masculine singular - good",
"*wə-nehpāk*": "conjunction + participle, Niphal - and turned/perverted",
"*bi-ləšônô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his tongue",
"*yippôl*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will fall",
"*bə-rā'āh*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - into evil/calamity"
},
"variants": {
"*'iqqēš-lēb*": "crooked heart/perverse mind",
"*yimṣā*": "finds/will find/attains",
"*ṭôb*": "good/goodness/well-being",
"*nehpāk*": "turned/perverted/twisted",
"*ləšônô*": "his tongue/speech/language",
"*yippôl*": "falls/will fall",
"*rā'āh*": "evil/calamity/trouble"
}
}