Proverbs 31:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תְּנוּ־שֵׁכָֽר לְאוֹבֵ֑ד וְ֝יַיִן לְמָ֣רֵי נָֽפֶשׁ

Transliteration

tĕnû-šēkār lĕʾôbēd wĕyayin lĕmārê nāpeš

Grammar Details

*tĕnû*: verb, Qal imperative masculine plural - give
*šēkār*: noun, masculine singular - strong drink
*lĕʾôbēd*: preposition *lə* + Qal participle masculine singular - to one perishing
*wĕyayin*: conjunction *wə* + noun, masculine singular - and wine
*lĕmārê*: preposition *lə* + adjective masculine plural construct - to bitter of
*nāpeš*: noun, feminine singular - soul/life

Word Meanings

*tĕnû*: give/provide
*šēkār*: strong drink/intoxicating beverage/liquor
*ʾôbēd*: perishing one/one who is dying/the doomed
*mārê*: bitter ones/those in bitterness/those who are bitter
*nāpeš*: soul/life/inner being/spirit

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Tim 5:23 : 23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
1 Sam 1:10 : 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
Job 3:20 : 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Ps 104:15 : 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

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