Proverbs

Proverbs 23:34

³⁴You will be like one sleeping on the high seas

or lying on the top of a mast:

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You will be	וְ֭הָיִיתָ	wə·hā·yî·ṯā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like one sleeping	כְּשֹׁכֵ֣ב	kə·šō·ḵêḇ	Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7901 lie down
on the high seas	יָ֑ם	yām	Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
or lying	וּ֝כְשֹׁכֵ֗ב	ū·ḵə·šō·ḵêḇ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7901 lie down
on the top	בְּרֹ֣אשׁ	bə·rōš	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7218 head
of a mast	חִבֵּֽל׃	ḥib·bêl	Noun - masculine singular	H2260 mast

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.