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Proverbs 20:4

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Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
because of winter from the harvest-cold season — the sluggard a sluggish man — does not not — plow he will plough — he begs he will ask — and begs and he inquired — in harvest in the cutting-harvest — and has nothing and there-is-not —

Interlinear Text

מֵ֭/חֹרֶף 𐤌/𐤇𐤓𐤐 mechoref because of winter from the harvest-cold season HR/Ncmsa עָצֵ֣ל 𐤏𐤑𐤋 atsel the sluggard a sluggish man HAamsa לֹא 𐤋𐤀 lo does not not HTn יַחֲרֹ֑שׁ 𐤉𐤇𐤓𐤔 yacharosh plow he will plough HVqi3ms ישאל 𐤉𐤔𐤀𐤋 yshl he begs he will ask HVqi3ms וְ/שָׁאַ֖ל 𐤅/𐤔𐤀𐤋 veshaal and begs and he inquired HC/Vqq3ms בַּ/קָּצִ֣יר 𐤁/𐤒𐤑𐤉𐤓 baqatsir in harvest in the cutting-harvest HRd/Ncmsa וָ/אָֽיִן 𐤅/𐤀𐤉𐤍 vaayin and has nothing and there-is-not HC/Tn

Grammar & Analysis

# Hebrew Translation Morphology Strong's
1 מֵ֭/חֹרֶף mechoref because of winter HR/Ncmsa H2779
2 עָצֵ֣ל atsel the sluggard HAamsa H6102
3 לֹא lo does not HTn H3808
4 יַחֲרֹ֑שׁ yacharosh plow HVqi3ms H2790
5 ישאל yshl he begs HVqi3ms H7592
6 וְ/שָׁאַ֖ל veshaal and begs HC/Vqq3ms H7592
7 בַּ/קָּצִ֣יר baqatsir in harvest HRd/Ncmsa H7105
8 וָ/אָֽיִן vaayin and has nothing HC/Tn H369
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