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Do notאַלloveתֶּאֱהַבsleep,שֵׁנָהlestפֶּןyou become poor;תִּוָּרֵשׁopenפְּקַחyour eyes,עֵינֶיךָand be satisfiedשְׂבַעwith bread.לָחֶם
Proverbs 20:13
Study it in the app“Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes, and be satisfied with bread.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 20:13, word by word
- loveתֶּאֱהַבteehav
like
To like something.
Where else “teehav” appears- sleepשֵׁנָהshena
sleep
Sleep.
Where else “shena” appears- you become poorתִּוָּרֵשׁtivaresh
General meaning: Take possession; dispossess.
Where else “tivaresh” appears- openפְּקַחpekach
open (the eyes)
Open (the eyes or the ears); from there, become aware.
Where else “pekach” appears- your eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- and be satisfiedשְׂבַעseva
be satisfied
To eat until one wants no more.
Where else “seva” appears- with breadלָחֶםlachem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachem” appears
The context
12The ear that hears and the eye that sees, YHWH has made both of them.
13 · This verse (above)
14“Bad, bad,” says the buyer, and when he goes off then he boasts.