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Proverbs 26:2 — King James Version← Study notes

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.


Proverbs 26:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 26:210 words
HebrewMeaning
כַּ/צִּפּ֣וֹרkaṣipwōr
birdpronH6833
fowl · sparrow
לָ֭/נוּדlānwd
bemoanpronH5110
flee · get · mourn · make to move ···
כַּ/דְּר֣וֹרkadərwōr
swallowpronH1866
לָ/ע֑וּףlāʿwp
brandishpronH5774
be faint · flee away · fly · set ···
כֵּ֥ןkēn
-wardparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
קִֽלְלַ֥תqiləlat
curse(-dnounH7045
-ing)
חִ֝נָּ֗םḥinām
without a cause (costadvH2600
wages) · causeless · to cost nothing · free ···
לא
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
ל֣/וֹlwō
pron
תָבֹֽאtābōʾ
abideverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
Words 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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