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Proverbs 31:14

She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

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הָ֭יְתָהhayetahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to 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.כָּאֳנִיּ֣וֹתkaoniotas shipאֳנִיָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “as ship”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH591a shipship(-men).סוֹחֵ֑רsochermerchantסָחַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “merchant”, a verb used as a describing wordH5503to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitatego about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.מִ֝מֶּרְחָ֗קmimerchaqfrom far . See also H1023מֶרְחָקpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from far . See also H1023”, the ordinary formH4801remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar(a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also H1023 (בֵּית הַמֶּרְחָק).תָּבִ֥יאtavito comeבּוֹאverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to 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,…לַחְמָֽהּlachmahbreadלֶחֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “bread”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

She is like the merchant-ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

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American Standard Version (1901)

She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.

Young’s Literal Translation

She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.

World English Bible

She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar.

Darby Translation

She is like the merchants' ships: she bringeth her food from afar;

Douay-Rheims

She is like the merchant’s ship, she bringeth her bread from afar.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

She is like the merchant-ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

She is like a ship trading from a distance: so she procures her livelihood.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ ναῦς ἐμπορευομένη μακρόθεν, συνάγει δὲ αὕτη τὸν βίον.