Proverbs 26:14

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The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.	[As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.	The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

As the door^H1817 turneth^H5437 upon his hinges^H6735, so doth the slothful^H6102 upon his bed^H4296.

Original Hebrew

הַדֶּלֶת תִּסֹּוב עַל־צִירָהּ וְעָצֵל עַל־מִטָּתֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הַ֭/דֶּלֶת	Ha./de.let	H1817	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ door
תִּסּ֣וֹב	ti.Sov	H5437	HVqi3fs	it turns
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
צִירָ֑/הּ	tzi.Ra/h	H6735	HNcmsc/Sp3fs	hinge(s)/ its
וְ֝/עָצֵ֗ל	ve./'a.Tzel	H6102	HC/Aamsa	and/ a sluggard
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
מִטָּתֽ/וֹ	mi.ta.T/o	H4296	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	bed/ his

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

Strong's References

H1817 — דֶּלֶת (deleth, deh'-leth): from דָּלָה; something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor; door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).
H4296 — מִטָּה (miṭṭâh, mit-taw'): from נָטָה; a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier; bed(-chamber), bier.
H5437 — סָבַב (çâbab, saw-bab'): a primitive root; to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively; bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, [idiom] on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
H6102 — עָצֵל (ʻâtsêl, aw-tsale'): from עָצַל; indolent; slothful, sluggard.
H6735 — צִיר (tsîyr, tseer): from צוּר; a hinge (as pressed in turning); also a throe (as a phys. or mental pressure); also a herald or erranddoer (as constrained by the principal); ambassador, hinge, messenger, pain, pang, sorrow. Compare צִיר.

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

H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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