“The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.”
Proverbs 20:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Proverbs 20:48 words
HebrewMeaning
מֵ֭/חֹרֶףmēḥōrep
from winterpronH2779
winter · youth
עָצֵ֣לʿāṣēl
a sluggardadjH6102
sluggard
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יַחֲרֹ֑שׁyaḥărōš
he plowsverbH2790
altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···
ישאלyšʾl
ask (counselverbH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
וְ/שָׁאַ֖לwəšāʾal
ask (counselconjH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
בַּ/קָּצִ֣ירbaqāṣiyr
at the harvestpronH7105
branch · harvest
וָ/אָֽיִןwāʾāyin
and nothingconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
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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