Proverbs 25:27 — King James Version← Study notes

“It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.”

Proverbs 25:27 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 25:278 words

HebrewMeaning

אָ֘כֹ֤לʾākōl

burn upverbH398

at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···

דְּבַ֣שׁdəbaš

honeynounH1706

הַרְבּ֣וֹתharəbwōt

abundanceverbH7235

archer (by mistake for

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

ט֑וֹבṭwōb

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

וְ/חֵ֖קֶרwəḥēqer

finding outconjH2714

number · search(-able · -ed · out ···

כְּבֹדָ֣/םkəbōdām

gloriousnounH3519

glory · honour

כָּבֽוֹדkābwōd

gloriousnounH3519

glory · honour

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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