Proverbs 1:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:”

Proverbs 1:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 1:126 words

HebrewMeaning

נִ֭בְלָעֵ/םnibəlāʿēm

let us engulf themverbH1104

destroy · devour · eat up · be at end ···

כִּ/שְׁא֣וֹלkišəʾwōl

like SheolpronH7585

hell · pit

חַיִּ֑יםḥayiym

aliveadjH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

וּ֝/תְמִימִ֗יםwtəmiymiym

and completeconjH8549

complete · full · perfect · sincerely ···

כְּ/י֣וֹרְדֵיkəywōrədēy

like those who go down ofpronH3381

abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···

בֽוֹרbwōr

the pitnounH953

dungeon · fountain · pit · well

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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