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Proverbs 17:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.


Proverbs 17:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 17:127 words
HebrewMeaning
פָּג֬וֹשׁpāgwōš
meet (withverbH6298
together)
דֹּ֣בdōb
bearnounH1677
שַׁכּ֣וּלšakwl
barrenadjH7909
bereaved of children
בְּ/אִ֑ישׁbəʾiyš
manpronH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
וְ/אַלwəʾal
nayconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
כְּ֝סִ֗ילkəsiyl
fooladjH3684
בְּ/אִוַּלְתּֽ/וֹbəʾiwalətwō
follypronH200
foolishly
Words 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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