Proverbs 23:5

When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Proverbs 23:5
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

הֲתָ֤עִיף עֵינֶ֥יךָ בּ֗וֹ וְֽאֵ֫ינֶ֥נּוּ כִּ֤י עָשֹׂ֣ה יַעֲשֶׂה־לּ֣וֹ כְנָפַ֑יִם כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר יָע֥וּף הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ פ

  1. הֲתָ֤עִיףha.ta.'uf“¿ do you cause to fly”
    Particle, interrogative + Verb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from עוּף · “to fly” · Strong's H5774A
    Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
  2. עֵינֶ֥יךָ'ei.Nei.kha“eyes your”
    Noun, feminine, dual, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from עַ֫יִן · “eye” · Strong's H5869A
  3. בּ֗וֹbo“on it”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from Os3m · “him” · Strong's H9033
  4. וְֽאֵ֫ינֶ֥נּוּve.'Ei.Ne.nu“and there not [is] it”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אַ֫יִן · “nothing” · Strong's H0369
  5. כִּ֤יki“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  6. עָשֹׂ֣ה'a.Soh“certainly <to make>”
    Verb, qal, infinitive absolute, absolute · from עָשָׂה · “make(OBJECT)” · Strong's H6213H
  7. יַעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-“it makes”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from עָשָׂה · “make(OBJECT)” · Strong's H6213H
  8. לּ֣וֹlo“for itself”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from Os3m · “him” · Strong's H9033
  9. כְנָפַ֑יִםkhe.na.Fa.yim“wings”
    Noun, feminine, dual, absolute · from כָּנָף · “wing” · Strong's H3671
  10. כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁרke.Ne.sher“like an eagle”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from נֶשֶׁר · “eagle” · Strong's H5404
  11. יָע֥וּףve.'a.yef“it flies away”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from עוּף · “to fly” · Strong's H5774A
    Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
  12. הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ פha.sha.Ma.yim“the heavens”
    Definite article + Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from שָׁמַיִם · “heaven” · Strong's H8064
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)