Proverbs 30:1

With the Hebrew beneath

Proverbs 30:1, word by word

The wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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of Agurאָגוּרagur

Agur

Agur: name of the author of the words of Proverbs 30, son of Jakeh.

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sonבִּןbin

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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of Jakehיָקֶהyake

Jakeh

Jakeh: name of the father of Agur (Proverbs 30:1).

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the burdenמַּשָּׂאmasa

oracle

A weighty message from God that a prophet carries, an oracle.

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The oracleנְאֻםneum

oracle

Solemn words of a man, like Balaam.

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of the manגֶּבֶרgever

man

Man, a grown man in his strength.

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to Ithielאִיתִיאֵלitiel

Ithiel

Ithiel: the name of an ancestor of Sallu, of the tribe of Benjamin; also a name in Proverbs 30:1. It means "El (God) is with me".

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and Ucalאֻכָלuchal

Ucal

Ucal: a name that appears in Proverbs 30:1, next to Ithiel.

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Translation note

“The burden” (hamassa) can mean “the oracle,” or be the name of a people, “of Massa” (Genesis 25:14). The words of the second half can also be read, not as names, but as “I have wearied myself, O El, I have wearied myself and am consumed.”

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