Proverbs

Proverbs 4:16

¹⁶For they cannot sleep

unless they do evil;

they are deprived of slumber

until they make someone fall.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they cannot	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
sleep	יִֽ֭שְׁנוּ	yiš·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3462 sleep
unless	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
they do evil	יָרֵ֑עוּ	yā·rê·‘ū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7489 be evil, bad
they are deprived	וְֽנִגְזְלָ֥ה	wə·niḡ·zə·lāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular	H1497 tear away, seize, rob
of slumber	שְׁ֝נָתָ֗ם	šə·nā·t̲ām	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H8142 sleep
until	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
they make someone fall	יִכְשׁוֹלוּ׃	yiḵ·šō·lū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3782 stumble, stagger, totter

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.