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Proverbs 21:6 — King James Version← Study notes

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.


Proverbs 21:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 21:68 words
HebrewMeaning
פֹּ֣עַלpōʿal
actnounH6467
deed · do · getting · maker ···
א֭וֹצָרוֹתʾwōṣārwōt
armorynounH214
cellar · garner · store · treasure
בִּ/לְשׁ֣וֹןbiləšwōn
baypronH3956
babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···
שָׁ֑קֶרšāqer
without a causenounH8267
deceit · false(-hood · -ly) · feignedly ···
הֶ֥בֶלhebel
vainnounH1892
altogether · vanity
נִ֝דָּ֗ףnidāp
drive (awayverbH5086
to and fro) · thrust down · shaken · tossed to and fro
מְבַקְשֵׁיməbaqəšēy
askverbH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
מָֽוֶתmāwet
deadnounH4194
death · die
Words 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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