Proverbs 1:27

when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
Proverbs 1:27
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Original language (Hebrew)

בְּבֹ֤א כְשׁוֹאָ֨ה פַּחְדְּכֶ֗ם וְֽ֭אֵידְכֶם כְּסוּפָ֣ה יֶאֱתֶ֑ה בְּבֹ֥א עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם צָרָ֥ה וְצוּקָֽה׃

  1. בְּבֹ֤אbe.Vo'“when comes”
    Preposition + Verb, qal, infinitive construct, common · from בּוֹא · “come” · Strong's H0935G
  2. כְשׁוֹאָ֨הkhe.sha.'a.vah“like devastation”
    Preposition + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from שׁוֹאָה · “devastation” · Strong's H7722B
    Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
  3. פַּחְדְּכֶ֗םpach.de.Khem“dread your”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from פַּ֫חַד · “dread” · Strong's H6343
  4. וְֽ֭אֵידְכֶםVe.'ei.de.khem“and calamity your”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from אֵיד · “calamity” · Strong's H0343
  5. כְּסוּפָ֣הke.su.Fah“like a storm-wind”
    Preposition + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from סוּפָה · “whirlwind” · Strong's H5492A
  6. יֶאֱתֶ֑הye.'e.Teh“it will arrive”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָתָה · “to come” · Strong's H0857
  7. בְּבֹ֥אbe.Vo'“when comes”
    Preposition + Verb, qal, infinitive construct, common · from בּוֹא · “come” · Strong's H0935G
  8. עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם'a.lei.Khem“on you”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from עַל · “upon” · Strong's H5921A
  9. צָרָ֥הtza.Rah“trouble”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from צָרָה · “distress” · Strong's H6869B
  10. וְצוּקָֽה׃ve.tzu.Kah“and distress”
    Conjunction + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from צוּקָה · “anguish” · Strong's H6695B
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)