Proverbs

Proverbs 23:29–33

²⁹Who has woe? Who has sorrow?

Who has contentions? Who has complaints?

Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?

³⁰Those who linger over wine,

who go to taste mixed drinks.

³¹Do not gaze at wine while it is red,

when it sparkles in the cup

and goes down smoothly.

³²In the end it bites like a snake

and stings like a viper.

³³Your eyes will see strange things,

and your mind will utter perversities.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Who	לְמִ֨י	lə·mî	Preposition-l; Interrogative	H4310 who?
has woe	א֥וֹי	’ō·w	Interjection	H188 woe!
Who	לְמִ֪י	lə·mî	Preposition-l; Interrogative	H4310 who?
has sorrow	אֲב֡וֹי	’ă·ḇō·w	Interjection	H17 Oh!
Who	לְמִ֤י	lə·mî	Preposition-l; Interrogative	H4310 who?
has contentions	מְדוֹנִים	mə·ḏō·nīm	Noun - masculine plural	H4066 strife, contention
Who	לְמִ֥י	lə·mî	Preposition-l; Interrogative	H4310 who?
has complaints	שִׂ֗יחַ	śî·aḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H7879 complaint, musing
Who	לְ֭מִי	lə·mî	Preposition-l; Interrogative	H4310 who?
needless	חִנָּ֑ם	ḥin·nām	Adverb	H2600 out of favour
wounds	פְּצָעִ֣ים	pə·ṣā·‘îm	Noun - masculine plural	H6482 bruise, wound
Who	לְ֝מִ֗י	lə·mî	Preposition-l; Interrogative	H4310 who?
has bloodshot	חַכְלִל֥וּת	ḥaḵ·li·lūṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H2448 dulness
eyes	עֵינָֽיִם׃	‘ê·nā·yim	Noun - cd	H5869 eye

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Those who linger	לַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥ים	lam·’a·ḥă·rîm	Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H309 to remain behind, delay, tarry
over	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
wine	הַיָּ֑יִן	hay·yā·yin	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3196 wine
who go	לַ֝בָּאִ֗ים	lab·bā·’îm	Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to taste	לַחְקֹ֥ר	laḥ·qōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H2713 search
mixed drinks	מִמְסָֽךְ׃	mim·sāḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H4469 mixed drink

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
gaze at	תֵּ֥רֶא	tê·re	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular	H7200 see
wine	יַיִן֮	ya·yin	Noun - masculine singular	H3196 wine
while	כִּ֪י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
it is red	יִתְאַ֫דָּ֥ם	yiṯ·’ad·dām	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H119 be red
when	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
it sparkles	יִתֵּ֣ן	yit·tên	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
in the cup	בַּכִּיס	bak·kīs	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H3599 bag, purse
and goes down smoothly	יִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ	yiṯ·hal·lêḵ	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
In the end	אַ֭חֲרִיתוֹ	’a·ḥă·rî·ṯōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H319 after-part, end
it bites	יִשָּׁ֑ךְ	yiš·šāḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5391 bite
like a snake	כְּנָחָ֣שׁ	kə·nā·ḥāš	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H5175 serpent
and stings	יַפְרִֽשׁ׃	yap̄·riš	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6567 make distinct, declare
like a viper	וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥י	ū·ḵə·ṣip̄·‘ō·nî	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H6848 viper, thrusting, hissing

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Your eyes	עֵ֭ינֶיךָ	‘ê·ne·ḵā	Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular	H5869 eye
will see	יִרְא֣וּ	yir·’ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7200 see
strange things	זָר֑וֹת	zā·rō·wṯ	Adjective - feminine plural	H2114 be a stranger
and your mind	וְ֝לִבְּךָ֗	wə·lib·bə·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
will utter	יְדַבֵּ֥ר	yə·ḏab·bêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1696 speak
perversities	תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃	tah·pu·ḵō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H8419 perversity, fraud