Proverbs 20:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

heritagenounH5159

to inherit · inheritance · possession. Compare

מבחלתmbḥlt

abhorverbH973

get hastily (from the margin for

מְבֹהֶ֣לֶתməbōhelet

be affrighted (afraidverbH926

amazed · dismayed · rash) · (be ···

בָּ/רִאשֹׁנָ֑הbāriʾšōnāh

ancestorpronH7223

before · beginning · eldest · first ···

וְ֝/אַחֲרִיתָ֗/הּwəʾaḥăriytāh

(lastconjH319

latter) end · hinder -most · length · posterity ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תְבֹרָֽךְtəbōrākə

blasphemeverbH1288

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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