Proverbs 23:34 — King James Version← Study notes

“Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.”

Proverbs 23:34 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 23:347 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ֭/הָיִיתָwəhāyiytā

beaconconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

כְּ/שֹׁכֵ֣בkəšōkēb

cast downpronH7901

at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···

בְּ/לֶבbəleb

heartpronH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

יָ֑םyām

sea ( -faring mannounH3220

) · south · west (-ern · side ···

וּ֝/כְ/שֹׁכֵ֗בwkəšōkēb

cast downconjH7901

at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···

בְּ/רֹ֣אשׁbərōʾš

bandpronH7218

beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···

חִבֵּֽלḥibēl

mastnounH2260

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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