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Proverbs 29:15 — King James Version← Study notes

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.


Proverbs 29:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 29:158 words
HebrewMeaning
שֵׁ֣בֶטšēbeṭ
dartnounH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
וְ֭/תוֹכַחַתwətwōkaḥat
argumentconjH8433
chastened · correction · reasoning · rebuke ···
יִתֵּ֣ןyitēn
addverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
חָכְמָ֑הḥākəmāh
skilfulnounH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
וְ/נַ֥עַרwənaʿar
babeconjH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
מְ֝שֻׁלָּ֗חməšulāḥ
appointverbH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
מֵבִ֥ישׁmēbiyš
(beverbH954
make · bring to · cause · put to ···
אִמּֽ/וֹʾimwō
damnounH517
mother · parting
Words 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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