Proverbs 24:27 — King James Version← Study notes

“Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.”

Proverbs 24:27 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 24:279 words

HebrewMeaning

הָ֘כֵ֤ןhākēn

certainverbH3559

confirm · direct · faithfulness · fashion ···

בַּ/ח֨וּץbaḥwṣ

abroadpronH2351

field · forth · highway · more ···

מְלַאכְתֶּ֗/ךָməlaʾkətekā

businessnounH4399

cattle · industrious · occupation · officer ···

וְ/עַתְּדָ֣/הּwəʿatədāh

make fitconjH6257

be ready to become

בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֣הbaśādeh

countrypronH7704

field · ground · land · soil ···

לָ֑/ךְlākə

pron

אַ֝חַ֗רʾaḥar

after (thatpronH310

-ward) · again · at · away from ···

וּ/בָנִ֥יתָwbāniytā

buildconjH1129

obtain children · make · repair · set ···

בֵיתֶֽ/ךָbēytekā

housenounH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

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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