Proverbs 15:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.”

Proverbs 15:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 15:48 words

HebrewMeaning

מַרְפֵּ֣אmarəpēʾ

curenounH4832

healing · remedy · sound · wholesome ···

לָ֭שׁוֹןlāšwōn

baynounH3956

babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···

עֵ֣ץʿēṣ

gallowsnounH6086

carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···

חַיִּ֑יםḥayiym

alivenounH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

וְ/סֶ֥לֶףwəselep

perversenessconjH5558

בָּ֝֗/הּbāh

pron

שֶׁ֣בֶרšeber

afflictionnounH7667

breach · breaking · broken(-footed · -handed) ···

בְּ/רֽוּחַbərwḥa

airpronH7307

anger · blast · breath · cool ···

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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