Proverbs 30:21

“Under three things the earth trembles, and under four it cannot bear up:”

Proverbs 30:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Proverbs 30:21, word by word

three thingsשָׁלוֹשׁshalosh

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

Where else “shalosh” appears
the earthאֶרֶץerets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “erets” appears
tremblesרָגְזָהragza

tremble

For the body or the earth to shake from fear, pain or a very great force.

Where else “ragza” appears
fourאַרְבַּעarba

four

Four.

Where else “arba” appears
it cannotתוּכַלtuchal

be able

To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.

Where else “tuchal” appears
bear upשְׂאֵתseet

carry

To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.

Where else “seet” appears

The context

20So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, “I have not done wickedness.”

21 · This verse (above)

22under a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with bread;

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