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Forכִּיthey do notלֹאsleepיִשְׁנוּunlessאִם לֹאthey have done evil,יָרֵעוּandוְtheir sleepשְׁנָתָםis robbedנִגְזְלָהunlessאִם לֹאthey make someone stumble.יַכְשִׁילוּ
Proverbs 4:16
Study it in the app“For they do not sleep unless they have done evil, and their sleep is robbed unless they make someone stumble.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 4:16, word by word
- sleepיִשְׁנוּyishnu
sleep
To fall asleep, or sleep the sleep of death.
Where else “yishnu” appears- they have done evilיָרֵעוּyareu
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “yareu” appears- their sleepשְׁנָתָshenata
sleep
Sleep.
Where else “shenata” appears- is robbedנִגְזְלָהnigzla
seize, rob
Take by force, rob, tear away.
Where else “nigzla” appears- they make someone stumbleיַכְשִׁילוּyachshilu
stumble
To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.
Where else “yachshilu” appears
The context
15Avoid it; do not pass through it; turn aside from it and pass on.
16 · This verse (above)
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and the wine of violence they drink.