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The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; (KJV)

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הַ֭נְּמָלִיםHa.ne.ma.limthe ants

Lemma: נְמָלָה (ne.ma.lah) · Strong's: H5244

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

Meaning: ant

Used 2 times. Also: Proverbs 6:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5244; TAHOT Proverbs 30:25 word 1

עַ֣ם'am[are] a people

Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: people

Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Proverbs 30:25 word 2

לֹא\־lo'-not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Proverbs 30:25 word 3

עָ֑ז'Azstrong

Lemma: עַז (az) · Strong's: H5794

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: strong

Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 49:3, Genesis 49:7, Exodus 14:21, Numbers 13:28, Numbers 21:24, Deuteronomy 28:50 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5794; TAHOT Proverbs 30:25 word 4

וַיָּכִ֖ינוּvai.ya.Khi.nuand they prepared

Lemma: כּוּן (kun) · Strong's: H3559A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhw3mp)

Meaning: to establish: prepare

Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 43:16, Genesis 43:25, Exodus 16:5, Exodus 19:11, Exodus 19:15, Exodus 23:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3559A; TAHOT Proverbs 30:25 word 5

בַקַּ֣יִץva.Ka.yitzin the summer

Lemma: קַ֫יִץ (qa.yits) · Strong's: H7019

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: summer

Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 8:22, 2 Samuel 16:1, 2 Samuel 16:2, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 74:17, Proverbs 6:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7019; TAHOT Proverbs 30:25 word 6

לַחְמָֽם\׃lach.Mamfood their

Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: food

Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 43:31, Genesis 43:32, Genesis 47:12, Genesis 47:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3899G; TAHOT Proverbs 30:25 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

The ants	→	נְמָלָה H5244 ant
are creatures	→	עַם H5971A people
of little	→	לֹא H3808 not
strength	→	עַז H5794 strong
yet they store up	→	כּוּן H3559A to establish: prepare
their food	→	לֶ֫חֶם H3899G food
in the summer	→	קַ֫יִץ H7019 summer

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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