“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
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁtikətwōš
you will poundverbH3806
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/אֱוִ֨ילhāʾĕwiyl
the foolparticleH191
בַּֽ/מַּכְתֵּ֡שׁbamakətēš
in mortarpronH4388
mortar
בְּ/ת֣וֹךְbətwōkə
in amongpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
הָ֭/רִיפוֹתhāriypwōt
the grainparticleH7383
wheat
בַּֽ/עֱלִ֑יbaʿĕliy
with the pestlepronH5940
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תָס֥וּרtāswr
it will departverbH5493
bring · call back · decline · depart ···
מֵ֝/עָלָ֗י/וmēʿālāyw
from with himpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אִוַּלְתּֽ/וֹʾiwalətwō
foolishness hisnounH200
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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