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Proverbs 10:26 — King James Version← Study notes

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.


Proverbs 10:26Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 10:267 words
HebrewMeaning
כַּ/חֹ֤מֶץkaḥōmeṣ
vinegarpronH2558
לַ/שִּׁנַּ֗יִםlašinayim
cragpronH8127
forefront · ivory · sharp · tooth
וְ/כֶ/עָשָׁ֥ןwəkeʿāšān
smokeconjH6227
לָ/עֵינָ֑יִםlāʿēynāyim
eyepronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
כֵּ֥ןkēn
-wardparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
הֶ֝/עָצֵ֗לheʿāṣēl
slothfulparticleH6102
sluggard
לְ/שֹׁלְחָֽי/וləšōləḥāyw
appointpronH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
Words 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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