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Do notאַלgiveתִּתֵּןsleepשֵׁנָהto your eyes,לְעֵינֶיךָorוּslumberתְנוּמָהto your eyelids.לְעַפְעַפֶּיךָ
Proverbs 6:4
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Proverbs 6:4, word by word
- giveתִּתֵּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- sleepשֵׁנָהshena
sleep
Sleep.
Where else “shena” appears- to your eyesעֵינֶיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- slumberתְנוּמָהtenuma
slumber
Drowsiness, light sleep.
Where else “tenuma” appears- to your eyelidsעַפְעַפֶּיafape
eyelid
An eyelid; also an eyelash. In poetry, "the eyelids of the dawn" are the first rays of morning.
Where else “afape” appears
The context
3Do this, then, my son, and free yourself, for you have come into the palm of your neighbor: go, humble yourself, and press your neighbor.
4 · This verse (above)
5Free yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.