Proverbs 13:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”

Proverbs 13:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 13:128 words

HebrewMeaning

תּוֹחֶ֣לֶתtwōḥelet

hopenounH8431

מְ֭מֻשָּׁכָהməmušākāh

draw (alongverbH4900

out) · continue · defer · extend ···

מַחֲלָהmaḥălāh

beseechverbH2470

diseased · grief · be grieved · grievous ···

לֵ֑בlēb

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

וְ/עֵ֥ץwəʿēṣ

gallowsconjH6086

carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···

חַ֝יִּ֗יםḥayiym

alivenounH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

תַּאֲוָ֥הtaʾăwāh

daintynounH8378

desire · exceedingly · greedily · lust ···

בָאָֽהbāʾāh

abideverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

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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