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Proverbs 31:5 Interlinear

“ Lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted ”

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Proverbs 31 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	פֶּן	H6435		properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
2	יִ֭שְׁתֶּה	H8354	Lest they drink	to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
3	וְיִשְׁכַּ֣ח	H7911	and forget	to mislay, i.e., to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
4	מְחֻקָּ֑ק	H2710	the law	properly, to hack, i.e., engrave (judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive
5	וִֽ֝ישַׁנֶּה	H8138	and pervert	to fold, i.e., duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive)
6	דִּ֣ין	H1779	the judgment	judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife
7	כָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
8	בְּנֵי	H1121	of any of the afflicted	a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
9	עֹֽנִי׃	H6040		depression, i.e., misery

Proverbs 31:5 (current) Lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted