“Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.”
Proverbs 10:14 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Proverbs 10:147 words
HebrewMeaning
חֲכָמִ֥יםḥăkāmiym
wise peopleadjH2450
subtil · wise · man)
יִצְפְּנוּyiṣəpənw
they store upverbH6845
hide(-den one · self) · lay up · lurk privily ···
דָ֑עַתdāʿat
knowledgenounH1847
norantly · know · awares
וּ/פִֽיwpiy
and the mouth ofconjH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
אֱ֝וִילʾĕwiyl
a fooladjH191
מְחִתָּ֥הməḥitāh
is destructionnounH4288
dismaying · ruin · terror
קְרֹבָֽהqərōbāh
nearadjH7138
approach · at hand · any of kin · kinsfold ···
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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