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andוּyour povertyרֵישֶׁךָwill comeבָאlike a prowler,מִתְהַלֵּךְandוּyour needמַחְסֹרֶיךָlike a manכְּאִישׁwith a shield.מָגֵן
Proverbs 24:34
Study it in the app“and your poverty will come like a prowler, and your need like a man with a shield.”
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Proverbs 24:34, word by word
- your povertyרֵישֶׁreshe
poverty
Poverty, lack of what is needed.
Where else “reshe” appears- will comeבָאva
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appears- like a prowlerמִתְהַלֵּךְmithalech
roam
To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.
Where else “mithalech” appears- your needמַחְסֹרֶיmachsore
need, lack
Need, lack: what someone is missing.
Where else “machsore” appears- like a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- with a shieldמָגֵןmagen
shield
A piece the soldier carries on his arm to block blows in battle.
Where else “magen” appears
The context
33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down,
34 · This verse (above)