Proverbs 22:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־אֵֽין־לְךָ֥ לְשַׁלֵּ֑ם לָ֥מָּה יִקַּ֥ח מִ֝שְׁכָּבְךָ֗ מִתַּחְתֶּֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

If 'ên-lĕKā to šallēm, why yiqqaḥ mišKābĕKā from-under-you?

Grammar Details

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

Word Meanings

*'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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 20:16 : 16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Exod 22:26-27 : 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

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