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Proverbs 30:14 — King James Version← Study notes

There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.


Proverbs 30:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 30:1410 words
HebrewMeaning
דּ֤וֹרdwōr
agenounH1755
evermore · generation · ever · posterity
חֲרָב֣וֹתḥărābwōt
axenounH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
שִׁנָּי/ו֮šināyw
cragnounH8127
forefront · ivory · sharp · tooth
וּֽ/מַאֲכָל֪וֹתwmaʾăkālwōt
knifeconjH3979
מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥י/וmətaləʿōtāyw
cheek toothnounH4973
jaw
לֶ/אֱכֹ֣לleʾĕkōl
burn uppronH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
עֲנִיִּ֣יםʿăniyiym
afflictedadjH6041
humble · lowly · needy · poor
מֵ/אֶ֑רֶץmēʾereṣ
earthpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וְ֝/אֶבְיוֹנִ֗יםwəʾebəywōniym
beggarconjH34
needy · poor
מֵ/אָדָֽםmēʾādām
man (meanpronH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
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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