Proverbs 18:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.”

Proverbs 18:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 18:49 words

HebrewMeaning

מַ֣יִםmayim

waternounH4325

piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···

עֲ֭מֻקִּיםʿămuqiym

deepadjH6013

דִּבְרֵ֣יdibərēy

wordnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

פִיpiy

mouthnounH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

אִ֑ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

נַ֥חַלnaḥal

brooknounH5158

flood · river · stream · valley

נֹ֝בֵ֗עַnōbēʿa

belch outverbH5042

flowing · pour out · send forth · utter

מְק֣וֹרməqwōr

fountainnounH4726

issue · spring · well

חָכְמָֽהḥākəmāh

skilfulnounH2451

wisdom · wisely · wit

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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