Proverbs 18:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.”

Proverbs 18:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 18:138 words

HebrewMeaning

מֵשִׁ֣יבmēšiyb

((breakverbH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

דָּ֭בָרdābār

wordnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

בְּ/טֶ֣רֶםbəṭerem

beforepronH2962

ere · not yet

יִשְׁמָ֑עyišəmāʿ

call togetherverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

אִוֶּ֥לֶתʾiwelet

follynounH200

foolishly

הִיאhiyʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

ל֝֗/וֹlwō

pron

וּ/כְלִמָּֽהwkəlimāh

confusionconjH3639

dishonour · reproach · shame

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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