Proverbs 21:13
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אָטַם
ʼâṭam
to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)
אֹזֶן
ʼôzen
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
אָטַם ʼâṭam
to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)
Study H331 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →Cross References
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
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