Proverbs 20:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.”

Proverbs 20:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 20:37 words

HebrewMeaning

כָּב֣וֹדkābwōd

is honornounH3519

glory · honour

לָ֭/אִישׁlāʾiyš

to personpronH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

שֶׁ֣בֶתšebet

cessationnounH7674

sit still · loss of time

מֵ/רִ֑יבmēriyb

from strifepronH7379

adversary · chiding · contend · controversy ···

וְ/כָלwəkāl

and everyconjH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֱ֝וִ֗ילʾĕwiyl

fooladjH191

יִתְגַּלָּֽעyitəgalāʿ

he bursts outverbH1566

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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