“A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.”
Proverbs 17:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Proverbs 17:237 words
HebrewMeaning
שֹׁ֣חַדšōḥad
a bribenounH7810
gift · present · reward
מֵ֭/חֵיקmēḥēyq
from the bosompronH2436
bottom · lap · midst · within
רָשָׁ֣עrāšāʿ
a wicked personadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
יִקָּ֑חyiqāḥ
he acceptsverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
לְ֝/הַטּ֗וֹתləhaṭwōt
to turn asidepronH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
אָרְח֥וֹתʾārəḥwōt
the paths ofnounH734
path · race · rank · traveller ···
מִשְׁפָּֽטmišəpāṭ
justicenounH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
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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