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Proverbs 29:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.


Proverbs 29:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 29:87 words
HebrewMeaning
אַנְשֵׁ֣יʾanəšēy
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
לָ֭צוֹןlāṣwōn
scornfulnounH3944
יָפִ֣יחוּyāpiyḥw
blowverbH6315
break · puff · bring into a snare · speak ···
קִרְיָ֑הqirəyāh
citynounH7151
וַ֝/חֲכָמִ֗יםwaḥăkāmiym
cunningconjH2450
subtil · wise · man)
יָשִׁ֥יבוּyāšiybw
((breakverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אָֽףʾāp
angernounH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
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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