“He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.”
Proverbs 17:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Proverbs 17:209 words
HebrewMeaning
עִקֶּשׁʿiqeš
a person twisted ofadjH6141
froward · perverse
לֵ֭בlēb
heartnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִמְצָאyiməṣāʾ
he findsverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
ט֑וֹבṭwōb
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
וְ/נֶהְפָּ֥ךְwənehəpākə
and one who is pervertedconjH2015
become · come · be converted · give ···
בִּ֝/לְשׁוֹנ֗/וֹbiləšwōnwō
in tongue hispronH3956
babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···
יִפּ֥וֹלyipwōl
he fallsverbH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
בְּ/רָעָֽהbərāʿāh
in troublepronH7451
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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