Proverbs 23:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Young's Literal Translation
For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

King James Bible
Wilt thou set {08675;05774:08799} thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away {08675;05774:08687} as an eagle toward heaven.

Hebrew
When you glance [at wealth],
הֲתָ֤עִיף (hă·ṯā·‘îp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint

it disappears,
וְֽאֵ֫ינֶ֥נּוּ (wə·’ê·nen·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

for
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

it makes
עָשֹׂ֣ה (‘ā·śōh)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 6213: To do, make

wings for itself
כְנָפַ֑יִם (ḵə·nā·p̄a·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

and flies
יָע֥וּף (yā·‘ūp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint

like an eagle
כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר (kə·ne·šer)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5404: The eagle

to the sky.
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (haš·šā·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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