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Ifאִםyou have nothingאֵין לְךָto pay with,לְשַׁלֵּםwhyלָמָּהshould he takeיִקַּחyour bedמִשְׁכָּבְךָfrom under you?מִתַּחְתֶּיךָ
Proverbs 22:27
Study it in the app“If you have nothing to pay with, why should he take your bed from under you?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 22:27, word by word
- to pay withשַׁלֵּםshalem
repay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “shalem” appears- should he takeיִקַּחyikach
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “yikach” appears- your bedמִשְׁכָּבְmishkav
bed
The place in the house for sleeping and resting.
Where else “mishkav” appears
The context
26Do not be among those who strike palms, among those who become surety for debts.
27 · This verse (above)
28Do not move the ancient boundary that your fathers made.