Proverbs 23:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.”

Proverbs 23:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 23:514 words

HebrewMeaning

ה/תעוףhtʿwp

brandishparticleH5774

be faint · flee away · fly · set ···

הֲ/תָ֤עִיףhătāʿiyp

brandishparticleH5774

be faint · flee away · fly · set ···

עֵינֶ֥י/ךָʿēyneykā

eyenounH5869

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

בּ֗/וֹbwō

pron

וְֽ/אֵ֫ינֶ֥/נּוּwəʾēynenw

elseconjH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

כִּ֤יkiy

andconjH3588

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

עָשֹׂ֣הʿāśōh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

יַעֲשֶׂהyaʿăśeh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

לּ֣/וֹlwō

pron

כְנָפַ֑יִםkənāpayim

bordernounH3671

bird · corner · end · feather ···

כְּ֝/נֶ֗שֶׁרkənešer

eaglepronH5404

ו/עיףwʿyp

brandishconjH5774

be faint · flee away · fly · set ···

יָע֥וּףyāʿwp

brandishverbH5774

be faint · flee away · fly · set ···

הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִםhašāmāyim

heavenparticleH8064

astrologer · heaven

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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