Proverbs 25:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.”

Proverbs 25:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 25:28 words

HebrewMeaning

כְּבֹ֣דkəbōd

gloriousnounH3519

glory · honour

אֱ֭לֹהִיםʾĕlōhiym

GodnounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

הַסְתֵּ֣רhasətēr

be absentverbH5641

keep close · conceal · hide · secret ···

דָּבָ֑רdābār

wordnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

וּ/כְבֹ֥דwkəbōd

gloriousconjH3519

glory · honour

מְ֝לָכִ֗יםməlākiym

kingnounH4428

royal

חֲקֹ֣רḥăqōr

find outverbH2713

search · seek · sound · try

דָּבָֽרdābār

wordnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

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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