Proverbs 22:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?”

Proverbs 22:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 22:218 words

HebrewMeaning

לְ/הוֹדִֽיעֲ/ךָ֗ləhwōdiyʿăkā

acknowledgepronH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

קֹ֭שְׁטְqōšəṭə

truthnounH7189

אִמְרֵ֣יʾimərēy

answernounH561

appointed unto him · saying · speech · word

אֱמֶ֑תʾĕmet

assurednounH571

establishment · faithful · right · sure ···

לְ/הָשִׁ֥יבləhāšiyb

((breakpronH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

אֲמָרִ֥יםʾămāriym

answernounH561

appointed unto him · saying · speech · word

אֱ֝מֶ֗תʾĕmet

assurednounH571

establishment · faithful · right · sure ···

לְ/שֹׁלְחֶֽי/ךָləšōləḥeykā

appointpronH7971

any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···

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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