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Proverbs 18:8 — King James Version← Study notes

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.


Proverbs 18:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 18:87 words
HebrewMeaning
דִּבְרֵ֣יdibərēy
wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
נִ֭רְגָּןnirəgān
talebearerverbH5372
whisperer
כְּ/מִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑יםkəmitəlahămiym
woundpronH3859
וְ֝/הֵ֗םwəhēm
itconjH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
יָרְד֥וּyārədw
bring downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
חַדְרֵיḥadərēy
inner) chambernounH2315
innermost part · parlour · south · within
בָֽטֶןbāṭen
bellynounH990
body · as they be born · within · womb
Words 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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