Proverbs 15:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”

Proverbs 15:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 15:179 words

HebrewMeaning

ט֤וֹבṭwōb

is goodadjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

אֲרֻחַ֣תʾăruḥat

a portion ofnounH737

diet · dinner · victuals

יָ֭רָקyārāq

vegetablesnounH3419

herbs

וְ/אַהֲבָהwəʾahăbāh

and loveconjH160

שָׁ֑םšām

is thereadvH8033

thence · there (-in · of · out) ···

מִ/שּׁ֥וֹרmišwōr

more than an oxpronH7794

cow · ox · wall (by mistake for

אָ֝ב֗וּסʾābws

fattenedverbH75

stalled

וְ/שִׂנְאָהwəśinəʾāh

and hatredconjH8135

exceedingly · -red)

בֽ/וֹbwō

pron

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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