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Proverbs 30:16 — King James Version← Study notes

The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.


Proverbs 30:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 30:1611 words
HebrewMeaning
שְׁאוֹל֮šəʾwōl
SheolnounH7585
hell · pit
וְ/עֹ֪צֶ֫רwəʿōṣer
and barrenness ofconjH6115
barren · prison
רָ֥חַםrāḥam
a wombnounH7356
compassion · damsel · tender love · (great ···
אֶ֭רֶץʾereṣ
landnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
לֹאlōʾ
which notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שָׂ֣בְעָהśābəʿāh
it is satisfiedverbH7646
fill (full · self · with) · be full ···
מַּ֑יִםmayim
waternounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
וְ֝/אֵ֗שׁwəʾēš
and fireconjH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
לֹאlōʾ
which notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָ֥מְרָהʾāmərāh
it saysverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הֽוֹןhwōn
enoughnounH1952
for nought · riches · substance · wealth
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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