Proverbs 30:24

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For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.	There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:	The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

There be four^H702 things which are little^H6996 upon the earth^H776, but they are exceeding^H2449 wise^H2450:

Original Hebrew

אַרְבָּעָה הֵם קְטַנֵּי־אָרֶץ וְהֵמָּה חֲכָמִים מְחֻכָּמִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַרְבָּ֣עָה	'ar.Ba.'ah	H702	HAcmsa	four (things)
הֵ֭ם	hem	H1992	HPp3mp	they
קְטַנֵּי	ke.ta.nei-	H6996	HAampc	(are) small (things) of
אָ֑רֶץ	'A.retz	H776	HNcbsa	(the) earth
וְ֝/הֵ֗מָּה	ve./He.mah	H1992	HC/Pp3mp	and/ they
חֲכָמִ֥ים	cha.kha.Mim	H2450	HAampa	(are) wise (things)
מְחֻכָּמִֽים	me.chu.ka.Mim	H2449	HVPsmpa	made wise

Strong's References

H702 — אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ, ar-bah'): masculine אַרְבָּעָה (ʼarbâʻâh); from רָבַע (râbaʻ) H7251; four; four.
H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
H2449 — חָכַם (châkam, khaw-kam'): a primitive root; to be wise (in mind, word or act); [idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
H2450 — חָכָם (châkâm, khaw-kawm'): from חָכַם (châkam) H2449; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful); cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
H6996 — קָטָן (qâṭân, kaw-tawn'): or קָטֹן (qâṭôn); from קוּט (qûwṭ) H6962; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance); least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).

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

H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה (hêmmâh); masculine plural from הֲלַךְ (hălak) H1981; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

Reciprocal references (2): Proverbs 6:16, Proverbs 30:15

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