Proverbs 23:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.”

Proverbs 23:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 23:1710 words

HebrewMeaning

אַלʾal

nayparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

יְקַנֵּ֣אyəqanēʾ

envyverbH7065

be (move to · provoke to) jealous · very · zeal

לִ֭בְּ/ךָlibəkā

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

בַּֽ/חַטָּאִ֑יםbaḥaṭāʾiym

offenderpronH2400

sinful · sinner

כִּ֥יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אִםʾim

(andconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

בְּ/יִרְאַתbəyirəʾat

fearpronH3374

dreadful · exceedingly

יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הַ/יּֽוֹםhaywōm

dayparticleH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

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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