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Proverbs 23:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.


Proverbs 23:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 23:98 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּ/אָזְנֵ֣יbəʾāzənēy
audiencepronH241
advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···
כְ֭סִילkəsiyl
fooladjH3684
אַלʾal
nayparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תְּדַבֵּ֑רtədabēr
answerverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יָ֝ב֗וּזyābwz
contemnverbH936
despise · utterly
לְ/שֵׂ֣כֶלləśēkel
discretionpronH7922
knowledge · policy · prudence · sense ···
מִלֶּֽי/ךָmileykā
by-wordnounH4405
answer · matter · any thing to say · to speak ···
Words 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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