Proverbs 6:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.”

Proverbs 6:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 6:116 words

HebrewMeaning

וּ/בָֽאwbāʾ

abideconjH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

כִ/מְהַלֵּ֥ךְkiməhalēkə

alongpronH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

רֵאשֶׁ֑/ךָrēʾšekā

povertynounH7389

וּ֝/מַחְסֹֽרְ/ךָ֗wmaḥəsōrəkā

lackconjH4270

need · penury · poor · poverty ···

כְּ/אִ֣ישׁkəʾiyš

manpronH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

מָגֵֽןmāgēn

bucklernounH4043

armed · defence · ruler · scale ···

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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