“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.”
Proverbs 17:28 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Proverbs 17:288 words
HebrewMeaning
גַּ֤םgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אֱוִ֣ילʾĕwiyl
a fooladjH191
מַ֭חֲרִישׁmaḥăriyš
who keeps silentverbH2790
altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···
חָכָ֣םḥākām
wiseadjH2450
subtil · wise · man)
יֵחָשֵׁ֑בyēḥāšēb
he is consideredverbH2803
conceive · consider · count · cunning (man ···
אֹטֵ֖םʾōṭēm
who shutsverbH331
shut · stop
שְׂפָתָ֣י/וśəpātāyw
lips hisnounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
נָבֽוֹןnābwōn
discerningverbH995
consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···
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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