Proverbs 23:5
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
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ASV
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
KJV
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
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12 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| הֲתָ֤עִיף | ha.ta.'uf | ¿ do you cause to fly | H5774 → |
| עֵינֶ֥יךָ | 'ei.Nei.kha | eyes your | H5869 → |
| בּ֗וֹ | bo | on it | |
| וְֽאֵ֫ינֶ֥נּוּ | ve.'Ei.Ne.nu | and there not [is] it | H369 → |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| עָשֹׂ֣ה | 'a.Soh | certainly <to make> | H6213 → |
| יַעֲשֶׂה־ | ya.'a.seh- | it makes | H6213 → |
| לּ֣וֹ | lo | for itself | |
| כְנָפַ֑יִם | khe.na.Fa.yim | wings | H3671 → |
| כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר | ke.Ne.sher | like an eagle | H5404 → |
| יָע֥וּף | ve.'a.yef | it flies away | H5774 → |
| הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ פ | ha.sha.Ma.yim | the heavens | H8064 → |
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