Proverbs 15:26 — King James Version← Study notes

“The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.”

Proverbs 15:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 15:267 words

HebrewMeaning

תּוֹעֲבַ֣תtwōʿăbat

abominable (customnounH8441

thing) · abomination

יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתmaḥəšəbwōt

cunningnounH4284

curious work · device · imagination · invented ···

רָ֑עrāʿ

adversityadjH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

וּ֝/טְהֹרִ֗יםwṭəhōriym

cleanconjH2889

fair · pure

אִמְרֵיʾimərēy

answernounH561

appointed unto him · saying · speech · word

נֹֽעַםnōʿam

beautynounH5278

pleasant

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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