Proverbs 22:26

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Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.	Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.	If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Be not thou one of them that strike^H8628 hands^H3709, or of them that are sureties^H6148 for debts^H4859.

Original Hebrew

אַל־תְּהִי בְתֹקְעֵי־כָף בַּעֹרְבִים מַשָּׁאֹות׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תְּהִ֥י	te.Hi	H1961	HVqj2ms	you be
בְ/תֹֽקְעֵי	ve./to.ke.'ei-	H8628	HR/Vqrmpc	among/ (those who) strike
כָ֑ף	Khaf	H3709	HNcfsa	(of) a palm
בַּ֝/עֹרְבִ֗ים	ba./'o.re.Vim	H6148	HRd/Vqrmpa	among (the)/ (those who) stand surety for
מַשָּׁאֽוֹת	ma.sha.'ot	H4859	HNcfpa	debts

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H3709 — כַּף (kaph, kaf): from כָּפַף; 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-tree); figuratively, power; branch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
H4859 — מַשָּׁאָה (mashshâʼâh, mash-shaw-aw'): feminine of מַשָּׁא; a loan; [idiom] any(-thing), debt.
H6148 — עָרַב (ʻârab, aw-rab'): a primitive root; to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange); engage, (inter-) meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.
H8628 — תָּקַע (tâqaʻ, taw-kah'): a primitive root; 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 bondsman by handclasping); blow (a trumpet), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, [idiom] suretiship, thrust.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: BUSINESS LIFE
Torrey’s: HANDS, THE
Nave’s: CONTRACTS, CREDITOR, DEBT, FRIENDSHIP, PROPERTY, PRUDENCE, SURETY (GUARANTEE)

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