“The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.”
Proverbs 30:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Proverbs 30:1712 words
HebrewMeaning
עַ֤יִןʿayin
an eyenounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
תִּֽלְעַ֣גtiləʿag
which it mocksverbH3932
laugh · mock · stammering
לְ/אָב֮ləʾāb
a fatherpronH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וְ/תָב֪וּזwətābwz
so it may despiseconjH936
despise · utterly
לִֽ/יקֲּהַ֫תliyqăhat
obedience ofpronH3349
to obey
אֵ֥םʾēm
a mothernounH517
mother · parting
יִקְּר֥וּ/הָyiqərwhā
they will pluck out itverbH5365
pick out · pierce · put out
עֹרְבֵיʿōrəbēy
the ravens ofnounH6158
נַ֑חַלnaḥal
the wadinounH5158
flood · river · stream · valley
וְֽ/יֹאכְל֥וּ/הָwəyōʾkəlwhā
and they will eat itconjH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
בְנֵיbənēy
the young ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
נָֽשֶׁרnāšer
an eaglenounH5404
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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