Proverbs 19:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.”

Proverbs 19:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 19:18 words

HebrewMeaning

טֽוֹבṭwōb

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

רָ֭שׁrāš

lackverbH7326

needy · poor

הוֹלֵ֣ךְhwōlēkə

alongverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

בְּ/תֻמּ֑/וֹbətumwō

fullpronH8537

integrity · perfect · simplicity · upright(-ly ···

מֵ/עִקֵּ֥שׁmēʿiqēš

crookedpronH6141

froward · perverse

שְׂ֝פָתָ֗י/וśəpātāyw

bandnounH8193

bank · binding · border · brim ···

וְ/ה֣וּאwəhwʾ

heconjH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

כְסִֽילkəsiyl

fooladjH3684

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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