Proverbs 12:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.”

Proverbs 12:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 12:187 words

HebrewMeaning

יֵ֣שׁyēš

thereparticleH3426

(he · it · shall · there ···

בּ֭וֹטֶהbwōṭeh

is one who speaks rashlyverbH981

speak

כְּ/מַדְקְר֣וֹתkəmadəqərwōt

like thrusts ofpronH4094

חָ֑רֶבḥāreb

a swordnounH2719

dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···

וּ/לְשׁ֖וֹןwləšwōn

and the tongue ofconjH3956

babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···

חֲכָמִ֣יםḥăkāmiym

wise peopleadjH2450

subtil · wise · man)

מַרְפֵּֽאmarəpēʾ

is healingnounH4832

healing · remedy · sound · wholesome ···

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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