Proverbs 18:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”

Proverbs 18:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 18:217 words

HebrewMeaning

מָ֣וֶתmāwet

deadnounH4194

death · die

וְ֭/חַיִּיםwəḥayiym

aliveconjH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

בְּ/יַדbəyad

handpronH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

לָשׁ֑וֹןlāšwōn

baynounH3956

babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···

וְ֝/אֹהֲבֶ֗י/הָwəʾōhăbeyhā

love(-dconjH157

-ly · -r) · like · friend

יֹאכַ֥לyōʾkal

burn upverbH398

at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···

פִּרְיָֽ/הּpirəyāh

boughnounH6529

fruit · reward

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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