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andוּyour povertyרֵאשֶׁךָwill comeבָאlike a prowler,כִמְהַלֵּךְandוּyour needמַחְסֹרְךָlike a manכְּאִישׁwith a shield.מָגֵן
Proverbs 6:11
Study it in the app“and your poverty will come like a prowler, and your need like a man with a shield.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 6:11, word by word
- your povertyרֵאשֶׁreshe
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 prowlerמְהַלֵּךְmehalech
roam
To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.
Where else “mehalech” appears- your needמַחְסֹרְmachsor
need, lack
Need, lack: what someone is missing.
Where else “machsor” 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
Translation note
“A man with a shield”: it can be understood as an armed man, who arrives unexpectedly and carries everything off.
The context
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down,
11 · This verse (above)
12A perverse person, a man of wickedness, goes about with perversity of mouth;