Proverbs 16:32 — King James Version← Study notes

“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”

Proverbs 16:32 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 16:328 words

HebrewMeaning

ט֤וֹבṭwōb

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

אֶ֣רֶךְʾerekə

long(-sufferingadjH750

-winged) · patient · slow

אַ֭פַּיִםʾapayim

angernounH639

before · countenance · face · forebearing ···

מִ/גִּבּ֑וֹרmigibwōr

championpronH1368

chief · excel · giant · man ···

וּ/מֹשֵׁ֥לwmōšēl

(haveconjH4910

make to have) dominion · governor · indeed · reign ···

בְּ֝/רוּח֗/וֹbərwḥwō

airpronH7307

anger · blast · breath · cool ···

מִ/לֹּכֵ֥דmilōkēd

catchpronH3920

at all · be frozen · be holden · stick together ···

עִֽירʿiyr

AinounH5892

city · court · town

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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