Prov 6:4-9 : 4 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.6.4",
"source": "אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְעֵינֶ֑יךָ וּ֝תְנוּמָ֗ה לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃",
"text": "Not-*tittēn* *šēnāh* to-*ʿêneḵā* and-*tənûmāh* to-*ʿapʿappeḵā*",
"grammar": {
"*tittēn*": "verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular jussive - may you give/allow",
"*šēnāh*": "noun, feminine singular - sleep",
"*ʿêneḵā*": "noun, feminine dual construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes",
"*tənûmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - slumber/drowsiness",
"*ʿapʿappeḵā*": "noun, masculine dual construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyelids"
},
"variants": {
"*tənûmāh*": "slumber/drowsiness/dozing"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.6.5",
"source": "הִ֭נָּצֵל כִּצְבִ֣י מִיָּ֑ד וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹר מִיַּ֥ד יָקֽוּשׁ׃ פ",
"text": "*hinnāṣēl* like-*ṣəvî* from-*yād* and-like-*ṣippôr* from-*yad* *yāqûš*",
"grammar": {
"*hinnāṣēl*": "verb, niphal imperative masculine singular - be delivered/rescue yourself",
"*ṣəvî*": "noun, masculine singular - gazelle/deer",
"*yād*": "noun, feminine singular - hand",
"*ṣippôr*": "noun, feminine singular - bird",
"*yāqûš*": "noun, masculine singular - fowler/trapper"
},
"variants": {
"*hinnāṣēl*": "deliver yourself/escape/be rescued",
"*ṣəvî*": "gazelle/deer/roe",
"*yāqûš*": "fowler/bird trapper/hunter"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.6.6",
"source": "לֵֽךְ־אֶל־נְמָלָ֥ה עָצֵ֑ל רְאֵ֖ה דְרָכֶ֣יהָ וַחֲכָֽם׃",
"text": "*lēḵ*-to-*nəmālāh* *ʿāṣēl* *rəʾēh* *dərāḵeyhā* and-*ḥăḵām*",
"grammar": {
"*lēḵ*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - go",
"*nəmālāh*": "noun, feminine singular - ant",
"*ʿāṣēl*": "adjective, masculine singular - sluggard/lazy person",
"*rəʾēh*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - see/observe",
"*dərāḵeyhā*": "noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her ways",
"*ḥăḵām*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - be wise"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿāṣēl*": "sluggard/lazy person/slothful one"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.6.7",
"source": "אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֵֽין־לָ֥הּ קָצִ֗ין שֹׁטֵ֥ר וּמֹשֵֽׁל׃",
"text": "which *ʾēyn*-to-her *qāṣîn* *šōṭēr* and-*mōšēl*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾēyn*": "particle of negation - there is not",
"*qāṣîn*": "noun, masculine singular - chief/commander/ruler",
"*šōṭēr*": "noun, masculine singular - officer/official",
"*mōšēl*": "noun, masculine singular - ruler/governor"
},
"variants": {
"*qāṣîn*": "chief/leader/commander",
"*šōṭēr*": "officer/overseer/official",
"*mōšēl*": "ruler/governor/one who exercises authority"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.6.8",
"source": "תָּכִ֣ין בַּקַּ֣יִץ לַחְמָ֑הּ אָגְרָ֥ה בַ֝קָּצִ֗יר מַאֲכָלָֽהּ׃",
"text": "*tāḵîn* in-the-*qayiṣ* *laḥmāh* *ʾāḡərāh* in-the-*qāṣîr* *maʾăḵālāh*",
"grammar": {
"*tāḵîn*": "verb, hiphil imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - she prepares",
"*qayiṣ*": "noun, masculine singular - summer/summer fruit",
"*laḥmāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her bread/food",
"*ʾāḡərāh*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - she gathers/stores up",
"*qāṣîr*": "noun, masculine singular - harvest",
"*maʾăḵālāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her food"
},
"variants": {
"*qayiṣ*": "summer/summer fruit/season of fruits",
"*laḥmāh*": "her bread/her food/her provisions",
"*qāṣîr*": "harvest/harvest time"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.6.9",
"source": "עַד־מָתַ֖י עָצֵ֥ל ׀ תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב מָ֝תַ֗י תָּק֥וּם מִשְּׁנָתֶֽךָ׃",
"text": "Until-when *ʿāṣēl* *tiškāv* when *tāqûm* from-*šənāteḵā*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿāṣēl*": "adjective, masculine singular - sluggard/lazy person",
"*tiškāv*": "verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will lie down",
"*tāqûm*": "verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will arise",
"*šənāteḵā*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your sleep"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿāṣēl*": "sluggard/lazy person/slothful one",
"*tiškāv*": "you will lie down/you continue to lie"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.6.10",
"source": "מְעַ֣ט שֵׁ֭נוֹת מְעַ֣ט תְּנוּמ֑וֹת מְעַ֓ט ׀ חִבֻּ֖ק יָדַ֣יִם לִשְׁכָּֽב׃",
"text": "A-little *šēnôt* a-little *tənûmôt* a-little *ḥibbūq* *yādayim* to-*liškāv*",
"grammar": {
"*šēnôt*": "noun, feminine plural - sleeps",
"*tənûmôt*": "noun, feminine plural - slumbers",
"*ḥibbūq*": "noun, masculine singular construct - folding of",
"*yādayim*": "noun, feminine dual - hands",
"*liškāv*": "preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to lie down"
},
"variants": {
"*šēnôt*": "sleeps/periods of sleep",
"*tənûmôt*": "slumbers/periods of drowsiness",
"*ḥibbūq*": "folding/clasping/embracing"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.6.11",
"source": "וּבָֽא־כִמְהַלֵּ֥ךְ רֵאשֶׁ֑ךָ וּ֝מַחְסֹֽרְךָ֗ כְּאִ֣ישׁ מָגֵֽן׃ פ",
"text": "And-*vāʾ*-like-*məhallēḵ* *rēʾšeḵā* and-*maḥsōrḵā* like-*ʾîš* *māḡēn*",
"grammar": {
"*vāʾ*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he/it will come",
"*məhallēḵ*": "noun, piel participle masculine singular - one who walks/traveler",
"*rēʾšeḵā*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your poverty",
"*maḥsōrḵā*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your want/need",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man",
"*māḡēn*": "noun, masculine singular - shield/armed man"
},
"variants": {
"*məhallēḵ*": "traveler/wanderer/prowler",
"*rēʾšeḵā*": "your poverty/your destitution",
"*māḡēn*": "shield/armed man/man with a shield"
}
}