“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
may he praise youverbH1984
celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···
זָ֣רzār
a strangeradjH2114
place) · fanner · go away · strange(-r ···
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
פִ֑י/ךָpiykā
own mouth yournounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
נָ֝כְרִ֗יnākəriy
a foreigneradjH5237
foreigner · outlandish · strange(-r · woman)
וְ/אַלwəʾal
and may notconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
שְׂפָתֶֽי/ךָśəpāteykā
own lips yournounH8193
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.