Proverbs 25:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.”

Proverbs 25:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 25:238 words

HebrewMeaning

ר֣וּחַrwḥa

airnounH7307

anger · blast · breath · cool ···

צָ֭פוֹןṣāpwōn

north(-ernnounH6828

side · -ward · wind)

תְּח֣וֹלֵֽלtəḥwōlēl

bearverbH2342

bring forth · calve · dance · drive away ···

גָּ֑שֶׁםgāšem

rainnounH1653

shower

וּ/פָנִ֥יםwpāniym

a- foreconjH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

נִ֝זְעָמִ֗יםnizəʿāmiym

abhorverbH2194

abominable · angry · defy · indignation

לְשׁ֣וֹןləšwōn

baynounH3956

babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···

סָֽתֶרsāter

backbitingnounH5643

covering · covert · disguise · hiding place ···

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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