Proverbs 16:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.”

Proverbs 16:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 16:178 words

HebrewMeaning

מְסִלַּ֣תməsilat

causewaynounH4546

course · highway · path · terrace

יְ֭שָׁרִיםyəšāriym

convenientadjH3477

equity · Jasher · just · meet ···

ס֣וּרswr

beverbH5493

bring · call back · decline · depart ···

מֵ/רָ֑עmērāʿ

adversitypronH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

שֹׁמֵ֥רšōmēr

bewardverbH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

נַ֝פְשׁ֗/וֹnapəšwō

anynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

נֹצֵ֥רnōṣēr

besiegedverbH5341

hidden thing · keep(-er · -ing) · monument ···

דַּרְכּֽ/וֹdarəkwō

alongnounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

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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