Proverbs 1:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.”

Proverbs 1:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 1:199 words

HebrewMeaning

כֵּ֗ןkēn

-wardparticleH3651

after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···

אָ֭רְחוֹתʾārəḥwōt

mannernounH734

path · race · rank · traveller ···

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

בֹּ֣צֵֽעַbōṣēʿa

covetverbH1214

cut · finish · fulfill · gain ···

בָּ֑צַעbāṣaʿ

covetousnessnounH1215

gain · lucre · profit

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

נֶ֖פֶשׁnepeš

anynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

בְּעָלָ֣י/וbəʿālāyw

captainnounH1167

archer · babbler · bird · chief man ···

יִקָּֽחyiqāḥ

acceptverbH3947

bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···

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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