Proverbs 16:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.”

Proverbs 16:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 16:68 words

HebrewMeaning

בְּ/חֶ֣סֶדbəḥesed

favourpronH2617

good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···

וֶ֭/אֱמֶתweʾĕmet

assuredconjH571

establishment · faithful · right · sure ···

יְכֻפַּ֣רyəkupar

appeaseverbH3722

make (an atonement · cleanse · disannul · forgive ···

עָוֺ֑ןʿāwōn

faultnounH5771

iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin

וּ/בְ/יִרְאַ֥תwbəyirəʾat

fearconjH3374

dreadful · exceedingly

יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

ס֣וּרswr

beverbH5493

bring · call back · decline · depart ···

מֵ/רָֽעmērāʿ

adversitypronH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

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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