Proverbs 21:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.”

Proverbs 21:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 21:58 words

HebrewMeaning

מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתmaḥəšəbwōt

cunningnounH4284

curious work · device · imagination · invented ···

חָ֭רוּץḥārwṣ

decisionadjH2742

diligent · gold · pointed things · sharp ···

אַךְʾakə

alsoparticleH389

in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···

לְ/מוֹתָ֑רləmwōtār

plenteousnesspronH4195

preeminence · profit

וְ/כָלwəkāl

all (mannerconjH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אָ֝֗ץʾāṣ

haste(-nverbH213

-y) · labor · be narrow

אַךְʾakə

alsoparticleH389

in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···

לְ/מַחְסֽוֹרləmaḥəswōr

lackpronH4270

need · penury · poor · poverty ···

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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