Proverbs 12:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.”

Proverbs 12:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 12:67 words

HebrewMeaning

דִּבְרֵ֣יdibərēy

wordnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

רְשָׁעִ֣יםrəšāʿiym

guiltyadjH7563

condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong

אֱרָבʾĕrāb

ambushverbH693

lay wait

דָּ֑םdām

blood(-ynounH1818

-guiltiness · innocent

וּ/פִ֥יwpiy

mouthconjH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

יְ֝שָׁרִ֗יםyəšāriym

convenientadjH3477

equity · Jasher · just · meet ···

יַצִּילֵֽ/םyaṣiylēm

defendverbH5337

at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···

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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