“Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.”
Proverbs 20:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Proverbs 20:238 words
HebrewMeaning
תּוֹעֲבַ֣תtwōʿăbat
are the abomination ofnounH8441
thing) · abomination
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶ֣בֶןʾeben
a weightnounH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
וָ/אָ֑בֶןwāʾāben
and a weightconjH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
וּ/מֹאזְנֵ֖יwmōʾzənēy
and balances ofconjH3976
מִרְמָ֣הmirəmāh
deceitnounH4820
deceit(-ful · -fully) · false · feigned ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
טֽוֹבṭwōb
are goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
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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