Proverbs 22:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.”

Proverbs 22:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 22:137 words

HebrewMeaning

אָמַ֣רʾāmar

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

עָ֭צֵלʿāṣēl

slothfuladjH6102

sluggard

אֲרִ֣יʾăriy

lionnounH738

pierce

בַ/ח֑וּץbaḥwṣ

abroadpronH2351

field · forth · highway · more ···

בְּ/ת֥וֹךְbətwōkə

amongpronH8432

between · half · (there- · where-) ···

רְ֝חֹב֗וֹתrəḥōbwōt

broad placenounH7339

street. See also

אֵֽרָצֵֽחַʾērāṣēḥa

put to deathverbH7523

kill · slay · murder

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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