“Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.”
Proverbs 9:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Proverbs 9:88 words
HebrewMeaning
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תּ֣וֹכַחtwōkaḥ
you reproveverbH3198
argue · chasten · convince · correct ···
לֵ֭ץlēṣ
a mockeradjH3887
have in derision · interpreter · make a mock · mocker ···
פֶּןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
יִשְׂנָאֶ֑/ךָּyiśənāʾekā
he should hate youverbH8130
foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···
הוֹכַ֥חhwōkaḥ
reproveverbH3198
argue · chasten · convince · correct ···
לְ֝/חָכָ֗םləḥākām
a wise personpronH2450
subtil · wise · man)
וְ/יֶאֱהָבֶֽ/ךָּwəyeʾĕhābekā
and he will love youconjH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
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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