24 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.22.24",
"source": "אַל־תִּ֭תְרַע אֶת־בַּ֣עַל אָ֑ף וְאֶת־אִ֥ישׁ חֵ֝מוֹת לֹ֣א תָבֽוֹא׃",
"text": "Not *TiTra'* *'eT-ba'al* *'āp*; and *'eT-'îš* *ḥēmôT* not *Tābô'*.",
"grammar": {
"Not": "negative particle with jussive, *'al* - do not",
"*TiTra'*": "verb, Hithpael imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - associate yourself",
"*'eT-ba'al*": "direct object marker with noun, masculine singular construct - with owner of",
"*'āp*": "noun, masculine singular - anger",
"and": "conjunction, *wĕ* - and",
"*'eT-'îš*": "direct object marker with noun, masculine singular construct - with man of",
"*ḥēmôT*": "noun, feminine plural - rages/fury",
"not": "negative particle, *lō'* - not",
"*Tābô'*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will come/enter"
},
"variants": {
"*TiTra'*": "associate yourself/make friendship with/keep company with",
"*ba'al*": "owner of/possessor of/master of",
"*'āp*": "anger/nose/wrath",
"*'îš*": "man/person of",
"*ḥēmôT*": "rage/wrath/fury/hot temper",
"*Tābô'*": "come/go/enter"
}
}
25 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.22.25",
"source": "פֶּן־תֶּאֱלַ֥ף *ארחתו **אֹֽרְחֹתָ֑יו וְלָקַחְתָּ֖ מוֹקֵ֣שׁ לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃",
"text": "Lest *Te'ĕlap* *'ōrĕḥōTāyw* and *lāqaḥTā* *môqēš* to *napšeKā*.",
"grammar": {
"Lest": "conjunction, *pen* - lest/so that not",
"*Te'ĕlap*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you learn",
"*'ōrĕḥōTāyw*": "noun with pronominal suffix, feminine plural - his paths/ways",
"and": "conjunction, *wĕ* - and",
"*lāqaḥTā*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you take",
"*môqēš*": "noun, masculine singular - snare/trap",
"to": "preposition, *lĕ* - to/for",
"*napšeKā*": "noun with pronominal suffix, feminine singular - your soul"
},
"variants": {
"*Te'ĕlap*": "you learn/you become accustomed to/you become familiar with",
"*'ōrĕḥōTāyw*": "his paths/his ways/his courses of action/his behaviors",
"*lāqaḥTā*": "you take/you receive/you obtain",
"*môqēš*": "snare/trap/noose",
"*napšeKā*": "your soul/your life/yourself"
}
}
26 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.22.26",
"source": "אַל־תְּהִ֥י בְתֹֽקְעֵי־כָ֑ף בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗ים מַשָּׁאֽוֹת׃",
"text": "Not *Tĕhî* in *Tōq'ê-Kāp*; in *'ōrĕbîm* *maššā'ôT*.",
"grammar": {
"Not": "negative particle with jussive, *'al* - do not",
"*Tĕhî*": "verb, Qal imperfect jussive, 2nd person masculine singular - you be",
"in": "preposition, *bĕ* - among/with",
"*Tōq'ê-Kāp*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine plural construct with noun - strikers of hand",
"in": "preposition, *ba* - among",
"*'ōrĕbîm*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine plural - those who pledge",
"*maššā'ôT*": "noun, feminine plural - debts/loans"
},
"variants": {
"*Tĕhî*": "be/become/exist",
"*Tōq'ê-Kāp*": "those who strike hands/those who give pledges/those who make guarantees",
"*'ōrĕbîm*": "those who give security/those who pledge/those who guarantee",
"*maššā'ôT*": "debts/loans/burdens"
}
}
27 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.22.27",
"source": "אִם־אֵֽין־לְךָ֥ לְשַׁלֵּ֑ם לָ֥מָּה יִקַּ֥ח מִ֝שְׁכָּבְךָ֗ מִתַּחְתֶּֽיךָ׃",
"text": "If *'ên-lĕKā* to *šallēm*, why *yiqqaḥ* *mišKābĕKā* from-under-you?",
"grammar": {
"If": "conjunction, *'im* - if",
"*'ên-lĕKā*": "particle of negation with preposition and pronominal suffix - there is not to you",
"to": "preposition with infinitive construct, *lĕšallēm* - to pay",
"why": "interrogative, *lāmmāh* - why",
"*yiqqaḥ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will take",
"*mišKābĕKā*": "noun with pronominal suffix, masculine singular - your bed",
"from-under-you": "preposition with preposition and pronominal suffix, *miTTaḥTeKā* - from under you"
},
"variants": {
"*'ên-lĕKā*": "you do not have/there is not to you",
"*šallēm*": "to pay/to repay/to complete",
"*yiqqaḥ*": "will take/will seize/will remove",
"*mišKābĕKā*": "your bed/your place of lying/your couch",
"from-under-you": "from beneath you/from under you"
}
}