Proverbs 15:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.”

Proverbs 15:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 15:188 words

HebrewMeaning

אִ֣ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

חֵ֭מָהḥēmāh

angernounH2534

bottles · hot displeasure · furious(-ly · -ry) ···

יְגָרֶ֣הyəgāreh

contendverbH1624

meddle · stir up · strive

מָד֑וֹןmādwōn

brawlingnounH4066

contention · discord · strife. Compare

וְ/אֶ֥רֶךwəʾerek

long(-sufferingconjH750

-winged) · patient · slow

אַ֝פַּ֗יִםʾapayim

angernounH639

before · countenance · face · forebearing ···

יַשְׁקִ֥יטyašəqiyṭ

appeaseverbH8252

idleness · (at · be at · be in ···

רִֽיבriyb

causenounH7379

adversary · chiding · contend · controversy ···

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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