Proverbs 23:31 — King James Version← Study notes

“Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.”

Proverbs 23:31 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 23:3112 words

HebrewMeaning

אַלʾal

nayparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תֵּ֥רֶאtēreʾ

advise selfverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

יַיִן֮yayin

banquetingnounH3196

wine · wine

כִּ֪יkiy

andconjH3588

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

יִתְאַ֫דָּ֥םyitəʾadām

be (dyedverbH119

made) red

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

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

יִתֵּ֣ןyitēn

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

ב/כיסbkys

bagpronH3599

cup · purse

בַּ/כּ֣וֹסbakwōs

cuppronH3563

owl. Compare

עֵינ֑/וֹʿēynwō

eyenounH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

יִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְyitəhalēkə

alongverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

בְּ/מֵישָׁרִֽיםbəmēyšāriym

agreementpronH4339

aright · that are equal · equity · right(-eously ···

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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