Proverbs 23:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.”

Proverbs 23:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 23:217 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּיkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

סֹבֵ֣אsōbēʾ

a drunkardverbH5433

fill self · Sabean · bibber

וְ֭/זוֹלֵלwəzwōlēl

and a gluttonconjH2151

glutton · riotous · vile

יִוָּרֵ֑שׁyiwārēš

he will become impoverishedverbH3423

consume · destroy · disinherit · dispossess ···

וּ֝/קְרָעִ֗יםwqərāʿiym

and ragsconjH7168

rag

תַּלְבִּ֥ישׁtaləbiyš

it will clothe themverbH3847

arm · array · clothe · come upon ···

נוּמָֽהnwmāh

drowsinessnounH5124

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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