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Proverbs 26:23 — King James Version← Study notes

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.


Proverbs 26:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 26:239 words
HebrewMeaning
כֶּ֣סֶףkesep
moneynounH3701
price · silver
סִ֭יגִיםsiygiym
drossnounH5509
מְצֻפֶּ֣הməṣupeh
coververbH6823
overlay
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
חָ֑רֶשׂḥāreś
earthnounH2789
sherd · stone
שְׂפָתַ֖יִםśəpātayim
bandnounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
דֹּלְקִ֣יםdōləqiym
burningverbH1814
chase · inflame · kindle · persecute ···
וְ/לֶבwəleb
heartconjH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
רָֽעrāʿ
adversityadjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
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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