Proverbs 7:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.”

Proverbs 7:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 7:2313 words

HebrewMeaning

עַ֤דʿad

againstpronH5704

and · as · at · before ···

יְפַלַּ֪חyəpalaḥ

bring forthverbH6398

cleave · cut · shred · strike through

חֵ֡ץḥēṣ

arrownounH2671

archer · dart · shaft · staff ···

כְּֽבֵד֗/וֹkəbēdwō

livernounH3516

כְּ/מַהֵ֣רkəmahēr

be carried headlongpronH4116

fearful · (cause to make · in · make) haste(-n ···

צִפּ֣וֹרṣipwōr

birdnounH6833

fowl · sparrow

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

פָּ֑חpāḥ

ginnounH6341

plate · snare

וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָ֝דַ֗עyādaʿ

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

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

בְ/נַפְשׁ֥/וֹbənapəšwō

anypronH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

הֽוּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

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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