Proverbs 26:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.”

Proverbs 26:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 26:227 words

HebrewMeaning

דִּבְרֵ֣יdibərēy

wordnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

נִ֭רְגָּןnirəgān

talebearerverbH5372

whisperer

כְּ/מִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑יםkəmitəlahămiym

woundpronH3859

וְ֝/הֵ֗םwəhēm

itconjH1992

like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···

יָרְד֥וּyārədw

bring downverbH3381

abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···

חַדְרֵיḥadərēy

inner) chambernounH2315

innermost part · parlour · south · within

בָֽטֶןbāṭen

bellynounH990

body · as they be born · within · womb

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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