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Proverbs 28:27 נֹותֵ֣ן לָ֭רָשׁ אֵ֣ין מַחְסֹ֑ור וּמַעְלִ֥ים עֵ֝ינָ֗יו רַב־מְאֵרֹֽות׃ Qal Participle as Subject: נֹותֵ֣ן לָ֭רָשׁ נֹותֵ֣ן (“one who gives”) is a Qal participle masculine singular from the root נ־ת־ן (“to give”). In Hebrew proverbs, participles often function as nouns — here, “the giver.” The phrase לָרָשׁ (“to the poor”) uses the preposition לְ with the definite article prefixed to רָשׁ (“poor, destitute”), indicating the recipient of the giving. This participial phrase stands as the subject of the verse’s first clause. Negative Existential Construction: אֵין מַחְסֹ֑ור אֵין is a particle of nonexistence, functioning here with מַחְסֹ֑ור (“lack, want”) to express the result: “there is no lack.”… Learn Hebrew