Proverbs 27:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.”

Proverbs 27:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 27:27 words

HebrewMeaning

יְהַלֶּלְ/ךָ֣yəhaleləkā

boastverbH1984

celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···

זָ֣רzār

another (manadjH2114

place) · fanner · go away · strange(-r ···

וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

פִ֑י/ךָpiykā

mouthnounH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

נָ֝כְרִ֗יnākəriy

alienadjH5237

foreigner · outlandish · strange(-r · woman)

וְ/אַלwəʾal

nayconjH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

שְׂפָתֶֽי/ךָśəpāteykā

bandnounH8193

bank · binding · border · brim ···

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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