Proverbs 30:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׁאוֹל֮ וְעֹ֢צֶ֫ר רָ֥חַם אֶ֭רֶץ לֹא־שָׂ֣בְעָה מַּ֑יִם וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ לֹא־אָ֥מְרָה הֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

šeʾôl weʿōṣer rāḥam ʾereṣ lōʾ-śābeʿâ mayim weʾēš lōʾ-ʾāmerâ hôn

Grammar Details

*šeʾôl*: feminine singular proper noun - Sheol/grave/underworld
*weʿōṣer*: conjunction + masculine singular construct noun - and restraint/closure of
*rāḥam*: masculine singular noun - womb
*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular noun - earth/land
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*śābeʿâ*: qal perfect, third feminine singular - is satisfied/satiated with
*mayim*: masculine plural noun - water
*weʾēš*: conjunction + feminine singular noun - and fire
*ʾāmerâ*: qal perfect, third feminine singular - says
*hôn*: masculine singular noun - enough/wealth/sufficiency

Word Meanings

*šeʾôl*: Sheol/grave/underworld/realm of the dead
*ʿōṣer* *rāḥam*: barren womb/closed womb

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 27:20 : 20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Hab 2:5 : 5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
Gen 30:1 : 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

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