Proverbs

Proverbs 5:9–14

⁹lest you concede your vigor to others,

and your years to one who is cruel;

¹⁰lest strangers feast on your wealth,

and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

¹¹At the end of your life you will groan

when your flesh and your body are spent,

¹²and you will say, “How I hated discipline,

and my heart despised reproof!

¹³I did not listen to the voice of my teachers

or incline my ear to my mentors.

¹⁴I am on the brink of utter ruin

in the midst of the whole assembly.”

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
lest	פֶּן־	pen-	Conjunction	H6435 lest
you concede	תִּתֵּ֣ן	tit·tên	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
your vigor	הוֹדֶ֑ךָ	hō·w·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H1935 splendour, majesty, vigour
to others	לַאֲחֵרִ֣ים	la·’ă·ḥê·rîm	Preposition-l; Adjective - masculine plural	H312 another
and your years	וּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָ	ū·šə·nō·ṯe·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H8141 year
to one who is cruel	לְאַכְזָרִֽי׃	lə·’aḵ·zā·rî	Preposition-l; Adjective - masculine singular	H394 cruel

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
lest	פֶּֽן־	pen-	Conjunction	H6435 lest
strangers	זָרִ֣ים	zā·rîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H2114 be a stranger
feast	יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ	yiś·bə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited
on your wealth	כֹּחֶ֑ךָ	kō·ḥe·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3581 strength, power
and your labors	וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ	wa·‘ă·ṣā·ḇe·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6089 pain, hurt, toil
the house	בְּבֵ֣ית	bə·ḇêṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of a foreigner	נָכְרִֽי׃	nā·ḵə·rî	Adjective - masculine singular	H5237 foreign, alien

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
At the end of your life	בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ	ḇə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯe·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H319 after-part, end
you will groan	וְנָהַמְתָּ֥	wə·nā·ham·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H5098 growl, groan
when your flesh	בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗	bə·śā·rə·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H1320 flesh
and your body	וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃	ū·šə·’ê·re·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7607 flesh
are spent	בִּכְל֥וֹת	biḵ·lō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and you will say	וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗	wə·’ā·mar·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
How	אֵ֭יךְ	’êḵ	Interjection	H349 How?
I hated	שָׂנֵ֣אתִי	śā·nê·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H8130 hate
discipline	מוּסָ֑ר	mū·sār	Noun - masculine singular	H4148 discipline
and my heart	לִבִּֽי׃	lib·bî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
despised	נָאַ֥ץ	nā·’aṣ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5006 contemn, spurn
reproof	וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת	wə·ṯō·w·ḵa·ḥaṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H8433 rebuke, correction

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I did not	וְֽלֹא־	wə·lō·šā-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
listen	שָׁ֭מַעְתִּי	šā·maʿ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H8085 hear
to the voice	בְּק֣וֹל	bə·qō·wl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6963 sound, voice
of my teachers	מוֹרָ֑י	mō·w·rāy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H4175 (early) rain
incline	הִטִּ֥יתִי	hiṭ·ṭî·ṯî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
my ear	אָזְנִֽי׃	’ā·zə·nî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H241 ear
to my mentors	וְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗י	wə·lim·lam·mə·ḏay	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H3925 exercise in, learn

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I am	הָיִ֣יתִי	hā·yî·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
on the brink	כִּ֭מְעַט	kim·‘aṭ	Preposition-k; Adjective - masculine singular	H4592 a little, fewness, a few
of utter	בְכָל־	ḇə·ḵāl-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
ruin	רָ֑ע	rā‘	Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
in the midst	בְּת֖וֹךְ	bə·ṯō·wḵ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8432 midst
of the whole assembly	קָהָ֣ל	qā·hāl	Noun - masculine singular	H6951 assembly, convocation, congregation