Proverbs 18:24 — King James Version← Study notes

“A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.”

Proverbs 18:24 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 18:247 words

HebrewMeaning

אִ֣ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

רֵ֭עִיםrēʿiym

brothernounH7453

companion · fellow · friend · husband ···

לְ/הִתְרֹעֵ֑עַləhitərōʿēʿa

afflictpronH7489

associate selves (by mistake for

וְ/יֵ֥שׁwəyēš

areconjH3426

(he · it · shall · there ···

אֹ֝הֵ֗בʾōhēb

love(-dverbH157

-ly · -r) · like · friend

דָּבֵ֥קdābēq

cleaveadjH1695

joining · stick closer

מֵ/אָֽחmēʾāḥ

brotherpronH251

brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'

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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