Proverbs 31:14

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Proverbs 31:14


← Proverbs 31:13 Proverbs 31:14 (KJV) Proverbs 31:15 →
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

She is like the merchantsH5503' shipsH591; she bringethH935 her foodH3899 from afarH4801.


Original Hebrew

הָיְתָה כָּאֳנִיֹּות סֹוחֵר מִמֶּרְחָק תָּבִיא לַחְמָהּ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
הָ֭יְתָה
Ha.ye.tah H1961 HVqp3fs she is
כָּ/אֳנִיּ֣וֹת
ko./'o.ni.Yot H591 HR/Ncfpc like/ (the) ships of
סוֹחֵ֑ר
so.Cher H5503 HVqrmsa a trader
מִ֝/מֶּרְחָ֗ק
mi./mer.Chak H4801 HR/Ncmsa from/ a distance
תָּבִ֥יא
ta.Vi' H935 HVhi3fs she brings
לַחְמָֽ/הּ
lach.Ma/h H3899 HNcbsc/Sp3fs food/ her
Strong's References
  • H591 — אֳנִיָּה (ʼŏnîyâh, on-ee-yaw'): feminine of אֳנִי (ʼŏnîy) H590; a ship; ship(-men).
  • H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
  • H3899 — לֶחֶם (lechem, lekh'-em): from לָחַם (lâcham) H3898; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה (Bêyth lᵉ-ʻAphrâh) H1036; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
  • H4801 — מֶרְחָק (merchâq, mer-khawk'): ; from רָחַק (râchaq) H7368; remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar; (a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also בֵּית הַמֶּרְחָק (Bêyth ham-Merchâq) H1023.
  • H5503 — סָחַר (çâchar, saw-khar'): a primitive root; to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate; go about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.

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

  • H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא (hâvâʼ) H1933); 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.
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