Proverbs 31:7

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Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.	Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.	Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Let him drink^H8354, and forget^H7911 his poverty^H7389, and remember^H2142 his misery^H5999 no more.

Original Hebrew

יִשְׁתֶּה וְיִשְׁכַּח רִישֹׁו וַעֲמָלֹו לֹא יִזְכָּר־עֹוד׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
יִ֭שְׁתֶּה	Yish.teh	H8354	HVqi3ms	he will drink
וְ/יִשְׁכַּ֣ח	ve./yish.Kach	H7911	HC/Vqi3ms	and/ he may forget
רִישׁ֑/וֹ	ri.Sh/o	H7389	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	poverty/ his
וַ֝/עֲמָל֗/וֹ	va./'a.ma.L/o	H5999	HC/Ncbsc/Sp3ms	and/ trouble/ his
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יִזְכָּר	yiz.kor-	H2142	HVqj3ms	he will remember
עֽוֹד	od	H5750	HD	again

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

Strong's References

H2142 — זָכַר (zâkar, zaw-kar'): a primitive root; also as denominative from זָכָר; properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male; [idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.
H5999 — עָמָל (ʻâmâl, aw-mawl'): from עָמַל; toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind; grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
H7389 — רֵישׁ (rêysh, raysh): or רֵאשׁ; or רִישׁ; from רוּשׁ; poverty; poverty.
H7911 — שָׁכַח (shâkach, shaw-kakh'): or שָׁכֵחַ; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention; [idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.
H8354 — שָׁתָה (shâthâh, shaw-thaw'): a primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively); [idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of שָׁקָה.)

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

H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
H5750 — עוֹד (ʻôwd, ode): or עֹד; from עוּד; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more; again, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).

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