Proverbs 28:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.”

Proverbs 28:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 28:198 words

HebrewMeaning

עֹבֵ֣דʿōbēd

keep in bondageverbH5647

be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···

אַ֭דְמָת/וֹʾadəmātwō

countrynounH127

earth · ground · husband · land

יִֽשְׂבַּֽעyiśəbaʿ

have enoughverbH7646

fill (full · self · with) · be full ···

לָ֑חֶםlāḥem

breadnounH3899

eat · food · fruit · loaf ···

וּ/מְרַדֵּ֥ףwməradēp

chaseconjH7291

put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···

רֵ֝קִ֗יםrēqiym

emptiedadjH7386

vain (fellow · man)

יִֽשְׂבַּֽעyiśəbaʿ

have enoughverbH7646

fill (full · self · with) · be full ···

רִֽישׁriyš

povertynounH7389

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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