Proverbs 23:34

“And you will be like one who lies down in the heart of the sea, and like one who lies down on top of the mast.”

Proverbs 23:34 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Proverbs 23:34, word by word

And you will beהָיִיתָhayita

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “hayita” appears
like one who lies downשֹׁכֵבshochev

lie down

To lie down to sleep or rest.

Where else “shochev” appears
in the heartלֶבlev

middle

The middle of something: "the heart of the sea".

Where else “lev” appears
of the seaיָםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

Where else “yam” appears
on topרֹאשׁrosh

top

Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.

Where else “rosh” appears
of the mastחִבֵּלchibel

mast

The mast of a ship.

Where else “chibel” appears

The context

33Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will speak perversities.

34 · This verse (above)

35“They struck me, I was not hurt; they beat me, I did not feel it. When will I wake up? I will seek it yet again.”

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