Proverbs 23:21 Go deeper

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. (KJV)

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כִּי\־ki-for

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Proverbs 23:21 word 1

סֹבֵ֣אso.Ve'a drunkard

Lemma: סָבָא (sa.va) · Strong's: H5433A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to imbibe

Used 4 times. Also: Proverbs 23:20, Isaiah 56:12, Nahum 1:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5433A; TAHOT Proverbs 23:21 word 2

וְ֭זוֹלֵלVe.zo.leland a glutton

Lemma: זָלַל (za.lal) · Strong's: H2151B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: be vile

Used 6 times. Also: Deuteronomy 21:20, Proverbs 23:20, Proverbs 28:7, Jeremiah 15:19, Lamentations 1:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2151B; TAHOT Proverbs 23:21 word 3

יִוָּרֵ֑שׁyi.va.Reshhe will become impoverished

Lemma: יָרַשׁ (ya.rash) · Strong's: H3423I

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)

Meaning: to possess: poor

Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 45:11, Judges 14:15, 1 Samuel 2:7, Proverbs 20:13, Proverbs 30:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3423I; TAHOT Proverbs 23:21 word 4

וּ֝קְרָעִ֗יםu.ke.ra.'Imand rags

Lemma: קֶ֫רַע (qe.ra) · Strong's: H7168

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: rags

Used 4 times. Also: 1 Kings 11:30, 1 Kings 11:31, 2 Kings 2:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7168; TAHOT Proverbs 23:21 word 5

תַּלְבִּ֥ישׁtal.Bishit will clothe [them]

Lemma: לָבֵשׁ (la.vash) · Strong's: H3847

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhi3fs)

Meaning: to clothe

Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 3:21, Genesis 27:15, Genesis 27:16, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 38:19, Genesis 41:42 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3847; TAHOT Proverbs 23:21 word 6

נוּמָֽה\׃nu.Mahdrowsiness

Lemma: נוּמָה (nu.mah) · Strong's: H5124

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: drowsiness

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5124; TAHOT Proverbs 23:21 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
the drunkard	→	סָבָא H5433A to imbibe
and the glutton	→	זָלַל H2151B be vile
will come to poverty	→	יָרַשׁ H3423I to possess: poor
and drowsiness	→	נוּמָה H5124 drowsiness
will clothe them	→	לָבֵשׁ H3847 to clothe
in rags	→	קֶ֫רַע H7168 rags

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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