Proverbs 29:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.”

Proverbs 29:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 29:198 words

HebrewMeaning

בִּ֭/דְבָרִיםbidəbāriym

wordpronH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִוָּ֣סֶרyiwāser

bindverbH3256

chasten · chastise · correct · instruct ···

עָ֑בֶדʿābed

bondmannounH5650

bondage · servant · servant

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

יָ֝בִ֗יןyābiyn

attendverbH995

consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···

וְ/אֵ֣יןwəʾēyn

elseconjH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

מַעֲנֶֽהmaʿăneh

answerverbH4617

himself

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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