Proverbs 27:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.”

Proverbs 27:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 27:117 words

HebrewMeaning

חֲכַ֣םḥăkam

be wiseverbH2449

exceeding · be (make self · shew self) wise · deal wisely ···

בְּ֭נִ/יbəniy

O son mynounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

וְ/שַׂמַּ֣חwəśamaḥ

and make gladconjH8055

be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···

לִבִּ֑/יlibiy

heart mynounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

וְ/אָשִׁ֖יבָהwəʾāšiybāh

so let me bring backconjH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

חֹרְפִ֣/יḥōrəpiy

one who taunts meverbH2778

blaspheme · defy · jeopard · rail ···

דָבָֽרdābār

a wordnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

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.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

Publish a note on this verse

No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!