Proverbs 26:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּֽרֶה־שַּׁ֭חַת בָּ֣הּ יִפֹּ֑ל וְגֹ֥לֵ֥ל אֶ֝בֶן אֵלָ֥יו תָּשֽׁוּב׃

Transliteration

Koreh-shaḥat into-it yippol, and-golel even to-him tashuv.

Grammar Details

*koreh*: verb, Qal active participle, masculine singular construct - digging
*shaḥat*: noun, feminine, singular - pit
*bah*: preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - into it
*yippol*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will fall
*ve*: conjunction - and
*golel*: verb, Qal active participle, masculine singular - rolling
*even*: noun, feminine, singular - stone
*elav*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him
*tashuv*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will return

Word Meanings

*koreh*: digging/excavating
*shaḥat*: pit/ditch/grave
*yippol*: will fall/falls
*golel*: rolling/one who rolls
*even*: stone/rock
*tashuv*: will return/will come back

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 28:10 : 10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Ps 9:15 : 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Ps 10:2 : 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Ps 57:6 : 6 They have prepared{H8689)} a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down{H8804)}: they have digged{H8804)} a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen{H8804)} themselves. Selah.
Eccl 10:8 : 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

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