Proverbs

Proverbs 28:17

¹⁷A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit;^b

let no one support him.

Footnotes

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
A man	אָ֭דָם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
burdened	עָשֻׁ֣ק	‘ā·šuq	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H6231 oppress, wrong, extort
by bloodguilt	בְּדַם־	bə·ḏam-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1818 blood
will flee	יָ֝נ֗וּס	yā·nūs	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5127 flee, escape
into	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the Pit	בּ֥וֹר	bō·wr	Noun - masculine singular	H953 pit, cistern, well
let no one	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
support	יִתְמְכוּ־	yiṯ·mə·ḵū-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8551 grasp, support, attain
him	בֽוֹ׃	ḇōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.