5{
"verseID": "Proverbs.31.5",
"source": "פֶּן־יִ֭שְׁתֶּה וְיִשְׁכַּ֣ח מְחֻקָּ֑ק וִֽ֝ישַׁנֶּה דִּ֣ין כָּל־בְּנֵי־עֹֽנִי",
"text": "*pen*-*yišteh* *wĕyiškaḥ* *mĕḥuqqāq* *wîšanneh* *dîn* *kol*-*bĕnê*-*ʿōnî*",
"grammar": {
"*pen*": "conjunction - lest/so that not",
"*yišteh*": "verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he drinks",
"*wĕyiškaḥ*": "conjunction *wə* + verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and forgets",
"*mĕḥuqqāq*": "Pual participle masculine singular - what is decreed/statute/law",
"*wîšanneh*": "conjunction *wə* + verb, Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and perverts/changes",
"*dîn*": "noun, masculine singular construct - judgment/cause of",
"*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all of",
"*bĕnê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons of",
"*ʿōnî*": "noun, masculine singular - affliction/poverty"
},
"variants": {
"*pen*": "lest/otherwise/so that not",
"*yišteh*": "he drinks/will drink",
"*yiškaḥ*": "he forgets/will forget",
"*mĕḥuqqāq*": "what is decreed/statute/law/ordinance",
"*yĕšanneh*": "he changes/perverts/alters",
"*dîn*": "judgment/legal claim/cause/rights",
"*bĕnê*-*ʿōnî*": "children of affliction/sons of poverty/the oppressed"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Proverbs.31.6",
"source": "תְּנוּ־שֵׁכָֽר לְאוֹבֵ֑ד וְ֝יַיִן לְמָ֣רֵי נָֽפֶשׁ",
"text": "*tĕnû*-*šēkār* *lĕʾôbēd* *wĕyayin* *lĕmārê* *nāpeš*",
"grammar": {
"*tĕnû*": "verb, Qal imperative masculine plural - give",
"*šēkār*": "noun, masculine singular - strong drink",
"*lĕʾôbēd*": "preposition *lə* + Qal participle masculine singular - to one perishing",
"*wĕyayin*": "conjunction *wə* + noun, masculine singular - and wine",
"*lĕmārê*": "preposition *lə* + adjective masculine plural construct - to bitter of",
"*nāpeš*": "noun, feminine singular - soul/life"
},
"variants": {
"*tĕnû*": "give/provide",
"*šēkār*": "strong drink/intoxicating beverage/liquor",
"*ʾôbēd*": "perishing one/one who is dying/the doomed",
"*mārê*": "bitter ones/those in bitterness/those who are bitter",
"*nāpeš*": "soul/life/inner being/spirit"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "Proverbs.31.7",
"source": "יִ֭שְׁתֶּה וְיִשְׁכַּ֣ח רִישׁ֑וֹ וַ֝עֲמָל֗וֹ לֹ֣א יִזְכָּר־עֽוֹד",
"text": "*yišteh* *wĕyiškaḥ* *rîšô* *waʿămālô* *lōʾ* *yizkār*-*ʿôd*",
"grammar": {
"*yišteh*": "verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will drink",
"*wĕyiškaḥ*": "conjunction *wə* + verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and will forget",
"*rîšô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his poverty",
"*waʿămālô*": "conjunction *wə* + noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his trouble/misery",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yizkār*": "verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will remember",
"*ʿôd*": "adverb - again/anymore"
},
"variants": {
"*yišteh*": "he will drink/may he drink",
"*yiškaḥ*": "he will forget/may he forget",
"*rîšô*": "his poverty/destitution/lack",
"*ʿămālô*": "his trouble/misery/toil/hardship",
"*yizkār*": "he will remember/he would remember"
}
}