Proverbs
Proverbs 6:4
4Allow no sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allow | תִּתֵּ֣ן | tit·tên | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| no | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| sleep | שֵׁנָ֣ה | šê·nāh | Noun - feminine singular | H8142 sleep |
| to your eyes | לְעֵינֶ֑יךָ | lə·‘ê·ne·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular | H5869 eye |
| or slumber | וּ֝תְנוּמָ֗ה | ū·ṯə·nū·māh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H8572 slumber |
| to your eyelids | לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃ | lə·‘ap̄·‘ap·pe·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine dual construct; second person masculine singular | H6079 eyelid |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 132:4 · Proverbs 6:10–11 · Mark 13:35–36 · Ecclesiastes 9:10 · Matthew 24:17–18
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.