Proverbs 25:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָג֣וֹ סִיגִ֣ים מִכָּ֑סֶף וַיֵּצֵ֖א לַצֹּרֵ֣ף כֶּֽלִי׃

Transliteration

hāgô sîgîm from-kāsep and-yēṣēʾ to-ṣōrēp kelî

Grammar Details

*hāgô*: qal infinitive absolute - remove/take away
*sîgîm*: noun, masculine plural - dross/impurities
*mi*: preposition - from
*kāsep*: noun, masculine singular - silver
*wa*: conjunction - and
*yēṣēʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will come out/emerge
*la*: preposition - to/for
*ṣōrēp*: qal participle, masculine singular - refiner/silversmith
*kelî*: noun, masculine singular - vessel/utensil

Word Meanings

*hāgô*: remove/take away/purge
*sîgîm*: dross/impurities/refuse
*yēṣēʾ*: will come out/emerge/result
*ṣōrēp*: refiner/silversmith/one who smelts
*kelî*: vessel/utensil/object/implement

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Tim 2:20-21 : 20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
Prov 17:3 : 3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Isa 1:25-27 : 25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: 26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. 27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
Ezek 22:18 : 18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
Mal 3:2-3 : 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
1 Pet 1:7 : 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

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