Proverbs 19:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.”

Proverbs 19:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 19:128 words

HebrewMeaning

נַ֣הַםnaham

roaringnounH5099

כַּ֭/כְּפִירkakəpiyr

lionpronH3715

village. Compare

זַ֣עַףzaʿap

indignationnounH2197

rage · wrath

מֶ֑לֶךְmelekə

kingnounH4428

royal

וּ/כְ/טַ֖לwkəṭal

dewconjH2919

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

עֵ֣שֶׂבʿēśeb

grassnounH6212

herb

רְצוֹנֽ/וֹrəṣwōnwō

acceptable(-ancenounH7522

-ed) · delight · desire · favour ···

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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