4{
"verseID": "Proverbs.17.4",
"source": "מֵרַע מַקְשִׁיב עַל־שְׂפַת־אָוֶן שֶׁקֶר מֵזִין עַל־לְשׁוֹן הַוֺּת",
"text": "*mēra'* *maqšîb* upon *śəpat*-*'āwen šeqer* *mēzîn* upon *ləšôn* *hawwōt*",
"grammar": {
"*mēra'*": "participle, Hiphil - evildoer/one doing evil",
"*maqšîb*": "participle, Hiphil - giving attention/listening",
"*śəpat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - lip/speech of",
"*'āwen*": "noun, masculine singular - iniquity/wickedness",
"*šeqer*": "noun, masculine singular - falsehood/deception",
"*mēzîn*": "participle, Hiphil - giving ear/hearkening",
"*ləšôn*": "noun, feminine singular construct - tongue of",
"*hawwōt*": "noun, feminine plural - calamities/destruction/ruin"
},
"variants": {
"*mēra'*": "evildoer/wicked person",
"*maqšîb*": "listening attentively/paying attention",
"*śəpat*": "lip/speech/language",
"*'āwen*": "iniquity/wickedness/deceit/trouble",
"*šeqer*": "lie/falsehood/deception",
"*mēzîn*": "giving ear/paying attention/listening",
"*ləšôn*": "tongue/language/speech",
"*hawwōt*": "mischief/calamities/destruction/ruin"
}
}
5{
"verseID": "Proverbs.17.5",
"source": "לֹעֵג לָרָשׁ חֵרֵף עֹשֵׂהוּ שָׂמֵחַ לְאֵיד לֹא יִנָּקֶה",
"text": "*lō'ēg* to *rāš* *chērēp* *'ōśēhû* *śāmēach* to *'êd* not *yinnāqeh*",
"grammar": {
"*lō'ēg*": "participle, Qal - mocking/deriding",
"*la-rāš*": "preposition + noun - to the poor",
"*chērēp*": "verb, Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he reproaches/insults",
"*'ōśēhû*": "participle, Qal + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his maker",
"*śāmēach*": "adjective - rejoicing/being glad",
"*lə-'êd*": "preposition + noun - at calamity",
"*lō*": "negative particle - not",
"*yinnāqeh*": "verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will be innocent/unpunished"
},
"variants": {
"*lō'ēg*": "mocker/scoffer/derider",
"*rāš*": "poor/impoverished person",
"*chērēp*": "reproaches/taunts/insults",
"*'ōśēhû*": "his maker/creator",
"*śāmēach*": "rejoicing/being glad",
"*'êd*": "calamity/disaster/misfortune",
"*yinnāqeh*": "will be acquitted/left unpunished/considered innocent"
}
}