Proverbs 4:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.”

Proverbs 4:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 4:85 words

HebrewMeaning

סַלְסְלֶ֥/הָsaləsəlehā

esteem herverbH5549

exalt · extol · make plain · raise up

וּֽ/תְרוֹמְמֶ֑/ךָּwtərwōməmekā

and she will exalt youconjH7311

exalt · extol · give · go up ···

תְּ֝כַבֵּ֗דְ/ךָtəkabēdəkā

she will honor youverbH3513

more grievously afflict · boast · be chargeable · be dim ···

כִּ֣יkiy

ifconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

תְחַבְּקֶֽ/נָּהtəḥabəqenāh

you will embrace herverbH2263

fold

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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