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Proverbs 22:26 Interlinear

“ Be not thou one of them that strike hands or of them that are sureties for debts”

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Proverbs 22 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אַל	H408		not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
2	תְּהִ֥י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
3	בְתֹֽקְעֵי	H8628	Be not thou one of them that strike	to clatter, i.e., slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become
4	כָ֑ף	H3709	hands	the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
5	בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗ים	H6148	or of them that are sureties	to braid, i.e., intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
6	מַשָּׁאֽוֹת׃	H4859	for debts	a loan

Proverbs 22:26 (current) Be not thou one of them that strike hands or of them that are sureties for debts