Proverbs 27:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.”

Proverbs 27:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 27:2212 words

HebrewMeaning

אִ֥םʾim

(andconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁtikətwōš

brayverbH3806

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הָ/אֱוִ֨ילhāʾĕwiyl

foolparticleH191

בַּֽ/מַּכְתֵּ֡שׁbamakətēš

hollow placepronH4388

mortar

בְּ/ת֣וֹךְbətwōkə

amongpronH8432

between · half · (there- · where-) ···

הָ֭/רִיפוֹתhāriypwōt

ground cornparticleH7383

wheat

בַּֽ/עֱלִ֑יbaʿĕliy

pestlepronH5940

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תָס֥וּרtāswr

beverbH5493

bring · call back · decline · depart ···

מֵ֝/עָלָ֗י/וmēʿālāyw

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

אִוַּלְתּֽ/וֹʾiwalətwō

follynounH200

foolishly

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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