Proverbs 25:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.”

Proverbs 25:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 25:2012 words

HebrewMeaning

מַ֥עֲדֶהmaʿădeh

adornverbH5710

deck · pass by · take away

בֶּ֨גֶדbeged

apparelnounH899

cloth(-es · ing) · garment · lap ···

בְּ/י֣וֹםbəywōm

daypronH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

קָ֭רָהqārāh

coldnounH7135

חֹ֣מֶץḥōmeṣ

vinegarnounH2558

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

נָ֑תֶרnāter

nitrenounH5427

וְ/שָׁ֥רwəšār

behold (by mistake forconjH7891

בַּ֝/שִּׁרִ֗יםbaširiym

musicalpronH7892

sing(-er · -ing) · song

עַ֣לʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

לֶבleb

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

רָֽעrāʿ

adversityadjH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

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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