Proverbs

Proverbs 20:13

¹³Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor;

open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
love	תֶּֽאֱהַ֣ב	te·’ĕ·haḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H157 love
sleep	שֵׁ֭נָה	šē·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8142 sleep
or	פֶּן־	pen-	Conjunction	H6435 lest
you will grow poor	תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ	tiw·wā·rêš	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess
open	פְּקַ֖ח	pə·qaḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H6491 open
your eyes	עֵינֶ֣יךָ	‘ê·ne·ḵā	Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular	H5869 eye
you will have plenty	שְֽׂבַֽע־	śə·ḇa‘-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited
of food	לָֽחֶם׃	lā·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.