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Proverbs 17:23 — King James Version← Study notes

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.


Proverbs 17:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 17:237 words
HebrewMeaning
שֹׁ֣חַדšōḥad
bribenounH7810
gift · present · reward
מֵ֭/חֵיקmēḥēyq
bosompronH2436
bottom · lap · midst · within
רָשָׁ֣עrāšāʿ
guiltyadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
יִקָּ֑חyiqāḥ
acceptverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
לְ֝/הַטּ֗וֹתləhaṭwōt
applypronH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
אָרְח֥וֹתʾārəḥwōt
mannernounH734
path · race · rank · traveller ···
מִשְׁפָּֽטmišəpāṭ
ceremonynounH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
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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