Proverbs
Proverbs 30:15
15The leech has two daughters:
Give and Give.
There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The leech | לַֽעֲלוּקָ֨ה׀ | la·‘ă·lū·qāh | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular | H5936 leech |
| has two | שְׁתֵּ֥י | šə·tê | Number - feminine dual construct | H8147 two |
| daughters | בָנוֹת֮ | ḇā·nō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural | H1323 daughter |
| Give | הַ֤ב׀ | haḇ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H3051 give |
| Give | הַ֥ב | haḇ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H3051 give |
| There | הֵ֭נָּה | hên·nāh | Pronoun - third person feminine plural | H2007 they |
| are three | שָׁל֣וֹשׁ | šā·lō·wōš | Number - feminine singular | H7969 a three, triad |
| are never | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| satisfied | תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה | ṯiś·ba‘·nāh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural | H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited |
| four | אַ֝רְבַּ֗ע | ’ar·ba‘ | Number - feminine singular | H702 four |
| never | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| say | אָ֥מְרוּ | ’ā·mə·rū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H559 utter, say |
| Enough | הֽוֹן׃ | hō·wn | Noun - masculine singular | H1952 wealth, sufficiency |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 30:21 · Proverbs 6:16 · Romans 16:18 · Proverbs 30:29 · John 8:39 · 2 Peter 2:3 · Isaiah 56:11–12 · 2 Peter 2:13–15 · Amos 1:11 · Jude 1:11–12 · John 8:44
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.