Proverbs 13:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.”

Proverbs 13:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 13:47 words

HebrewMeaning

מִתְאַוָּ֣הmitəʾawāh

covetverbH183

desire · be desirous · long · lust

וָ֭/אַיִןwāʾayin

elseconjH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

נַפְשׁ֣/וֹnapəšwō

anynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

עָצֵ֑לʿāṣēl

slothfuladjH6102

sluggard

וְ/נֶ֖פֶשׁwənepeš

anyconjH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

חָרֻצִ֣יםḥāruṣiym

decisionadjH2742

diligent · gold · pointed things · sharp ···

תְּדֻשָּֽׁןtədušān

acceptverbH1878

anoint · take away the ashes · make fat

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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