“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
the highway ofnounH4546
course · highway · path · terrace
יְ֭שָׁרִיםyəšāriym
upright peopleadjH3477
equity · Jasher · just · meet ···
ס֣וּרswr
is to turn asideverbH5493
bring · call back · decline · depart ···
מֵ/רָ֑עmērāʿ
from evilpronH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
שֹׁמֵ֥רšōmēr
is protectingverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
נַ֝פְשׁ֗/וֹnapəšwō
life hisnounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
נֹצֵ֥רnōṣēr
one who guardsverbH5341
hidden thing · keep(-er · -ing) · monument ···
דַּרְכּֽ/וֹdarəkwō
way hisnounH1870
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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