“An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.”
Proverbs 20:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Proverbs 20:217 words
HebrewMeaning
נַ֭חֲלָהnaḥălāh
an inheritancenounH5159
to inherit · inheritance · possession. Compare
מבחלתmbḥlt
abhorverbH973
get hastily (from the margin for
מְבֹהֶ֣לֶתməbōhelet
be affrighted (afraidverbH926
amazed · dismayed · rash) · (be ···
בָּ/רִאשֹׁנָ֑הbāriʾšōnāh
at firstpronH7223
before · beginning · eldest · first ···
וְ֝/אַחֲרִיתָ֗/הּwəʾaḥăriytāh
and end itsconjH319
latter) end · hinder -most · length · posterity ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תְבֹרָֽךְtəbōrākə
it will be blessedverbH1288
abundantly · altogether · at all · bless ···
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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