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Proverbs 31:1 — King James Version← Study notes

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.


Proverbs 31:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 31:17 words
HebrewMeaning
דִּ֭בְרֵיdibərēy
wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
לְמוּאֵ֣לləmwʾēl
LemuelnounH3927
מֶ֑לֶךְmelekə
kingnounH4428
royal
מַ֝שָּׂ֗אmaśāʾ
burdennounH4853
carry away · prophecy · they set · song ···
אֲֽשֶׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יִסְּרַ֥תּ/וּyisəratw
bindverbH3256
chasten · chastise · correct · instruct ···
אִמּֽ/וֹʾimwō
damnounH517
mother · parting
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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