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Proverbs 18:9 Interlinear

“ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster”

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Proverbs 18 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	גַּ֭ם	H1571		properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
2	מִתְרַפֶּ֣ה	H7503	He also that is slothful	to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
3	בִמְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ	H4399	in his work	properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
4	אָ֥ח	H251	is brother	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
5	ה֝֗וּא	H1931		he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
6	לְבַ֣עַל	H1167	to him that is a great	a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
7	מַשְׁחִֽית׃	H7843	waster	to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

Proverbs 18:9 (current) He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster