Proverbs 21:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.”

Proverbs 21:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 21:111 words

HebrewMeaning

פַּלְגֵיpaləgēy

rivernounH6388

stream

מַ֣יִםmayim

waternounH4325

piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···

לֶבleb

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

מֶ֭לֶךְmelekə

kingnounH4428

royal

בְּ/יַדbəyad

handpronH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

עַֽלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֲשֶׁ֖רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

יַחְפֹּ֣ץyaḥəpōṣ

(haveverbH2654

any at all · take) delight · desire · favour ···

יַטֶּֽ/נּוּyaṭenw

applyverbH5186

afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···

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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