Proverbs 31:30 — King James Version← Study notes

“Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.”

Proverbs 31:30 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 31:309 words

HebrewMeaning

שֶׁ֣קֶרšeqer

without a causenounH8267

deceit · false(-hood · -ly) · feignedly ···

הַ֭/חֵןhaḥēn

favourparticleH2580

grace · pleasant · precious · favoured

וְ/הֶ֣בֶלwəhebel

vainconjH1892

altogether · vanity

הַ/יֹּ֑פִיhayōpiy

beautyparticleH3308

אִשָּׁ֥הʾišāh

womannounH802

each · every · female · many ···

יִרְאַתyirəʾat

afraidadjH3373

fear

יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

הִ֣יאhiyʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

תִתְהַלָּֽלtitəhalāl

boastverbH1984

celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···

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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