Proverbs 6:4 Go deeper

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. (KJV)

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אַל\־'al-may not

Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Proverbs 6:4 word 1

תִּתֵּ֣ןti.Tenyou give

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)

Meaning: to give: give

Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Proverbs 6:4 word 2

שֵׁנָ֣הshe.Nahsleep

Lemma: שֵׁנָה (she.nah) · Strong's: H8142

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

Meaning: sleep

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 28:16, Genesis 31:40, Judges 16:14, Judges 16:20, Esther 6:1, Job 14:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8142; TAHOT Proverbs 6:4 word 3

לְעֵינֶ֑יךָle.'ei.Nei.khato eyes your

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: eye

Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Proverbs 6:4 word 4

וּ֝תְנוּמָ֗הu.te.nu.Mahand slumber

Lemma: תְּנוּמָה (te.nu.mah) · Strong's: H8572

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

Meaning: slumber

Used 5 times. Also: Job 33:15, Psalms 132:4, Proverbs 6:10, Proverbs 24:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8572; TAHOT Proverbs 6:4 word 5

לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ\׃le.'af.'a.Pei.khato eyelids your

Lemma: עַפְעַף (aph.aph) · Strong's: H6079

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: eyelid

Used 10 times. Also: Job 3:9, Job 16:16, Job 41:18, Psalms 11:4, Psalms 132:4, Proverbs 4:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6079; TAHOT Proverbs 6:4 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Allow	→	נָתַן H5414G to give: give
no	→	אַל H0408 not
sleep	→	שֵׁנָה H8142 sleep
to your eyes	→	עַ֫יִן H5869A eye
or slumber	→	תְּנוּמָה H8572 slumber
to your eyelids	→	עַפְעַף H6079 eyelid

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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