If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?Proverbs 22:27
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
אִם־אֵֽין־לְךָ֥ לְשַׁלֵּ֑ם לָ֥מָּה יִקַּ֥ח מִ֝שְׁכָּבְךָ֗ מִתַּחְתֶּֽיךָ׃
- אִם־'im-“if”Particle · from אִם · “if” · Strong's H0518A
- אֵֽין־'ein-“not”Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from אַ֫יִן · “nothing” · Strong's H0369
- לְךָ֥le.Kha“[belongs] to you”Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from Os2m · “you” · Strong's H9031
- לְשַׁלֵּ֑םle.sha.Lem“to pay”Preposition + Verb, piel, infinitive construct, common · from שָׁלֵם · “to complete” · Strong's H7999A
- לָ֥מָּהLa.mah“<to> why?”Preposition + Pronoun, interrogative · from מָה · “what?” · Strong's H4100
- יִקַּ֥חyi.Kach“will anyone take”Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from לָקַח · “take” · Strong's H3947G
- מִ֝שְׁכָּבְךָ֗mish.ka.ve.kha“bed your”Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from מִשְׁכָּב · “bed” · Strong's H4904
- מִתַּחְתֶּֽיךָ׃mi.tach.Tei.kha“from under you”Preposition + Noun, masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from תַּחַת · “under” · Strong's H8478G
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)