Proverbs 24:28 — King James Version← Study notes

“Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.”

Proverbs 24:28 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 24:287 words

HebrewMeaning

אַלʾal

nayparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תְּהִ֣יtəhiy

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

עֵדʿēd

witnessnounH5707

חִנָּ֣םḥinām

without a cause (costadvH2600

wages) · causeless · to cost nothing · free ···

בְּ/רֵעֶ֑/ךָbərēʿekā

brotherpronH7453

companion · fellow · friend · husband ···

וַ֝/הֲ/פִתִּ֗יתָwahăpitiytā

allureconjH6601

deceive · enlarge · entice · flatter ···

בִּ/שְׂפָתֶֽי/ךָbiśəpāteykā

bandpronH8193

bank · binding · border · brim ···

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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