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Proverbs 16:26 — King James Version← Study notes

“He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.”

Proverbs 16:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 16:268 words
HebrewMeaning
נֶ֣פֶשׁnepeš
anynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
עָ֭מֵלʿāmēl
that labourethadjH6001
that is a misery · had taken · wicked · workman
עָ֣מְלָהʿāməlāh
labourverbH5998
לּ֑/וֹlwō
pron
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אָכַ֖ףʾākap
craveverbH404
עָלָ֣י/וʿālāyw
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פִּֽי/הוּpiyhw
mouthnounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
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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