“The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.”
Proverbs 10:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Proverbs 10:207 words
HebrewMeaning
כֶּ֣סֶףkesep
is silvernounH3701
price · silver
נִ֭בְחָרnibəḥār
chosenverbH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
לְשׁ֣וֹןləšwōn
the tongue ofnounH3956
babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···
צַדִּ֑יקṣadiyq
the righteousadjH6662
lawful · righteous
לֵ֖בlēb
the heart ofnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
רְשָׁעִ֣יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
כִּ/מְעָֽטkiməʿāṭ
is like a littlepronH4592
very) few(-er · -est) · lightly · little ···
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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