“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
deferredverbH4900
out) · continue · defer · extend ···
מַחֲלָהmaḥălāh
is making sickverbH2470
diseased · grief · be grieved · grievous ···
לֵ֑בlēb
the heartnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
וְ/עֵ֥ץwəʿēṣ
and is a tree ofconjH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
חַ֝יִּ֗יםḥayiym
lifenounH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
תַּאֲוָ֥הtaʾăwāh
a desirenounH8378
desire · exceedingly · greedily · lust ···
בָאָֽהbāʾāh
which comesverbH935
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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