Proverbs
Proverbs 22:27
27If you have nothing with which to pay,
why should your bed be taken from under you?
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| you have nothing | אֵֽין־ | ’ên- | Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| with which | לְךָ֥ | lə·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | |
| to pay | לְשַׁלֵּ֑ם | lə·šal·lêm | Preposition; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | H7999 be complete, sound |
| why | לָ֥מָּה | lām·māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| should your bed | מִ֝שְׁכָּבְךָ֗ | miš·kā·ḇə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H4904 place of lying, couch; act of lying |
| be taken | יִקַּ֥ח | yiq·qaḥ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3947 take |
| from under you | מִתַּחְתֶּֽיךָ׃ | mit·taḥ·te·ḵā | Preposition; Preposition; second person masculine singular | H8478 the under part |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.