Proverbs 20:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

coldpronH2779

winter · youth

עָצֵ֣לʿāṣēl

slothfuladjH6102

sluggard

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יַחֲרֹ֑שׁyaḥărōš

ceaseverbH2790

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

boughpronH7105

branch · harvest

וָ/אָֽיִןwāʾāyin

elseconjH369

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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