Proverbs 9:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

nayparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תּ֣וֹכַחtwōkaḥ

appointverbH3198

argue · chasten · convince · correct ···

לֵ֭ץlēṣ

ambassadoradjH3887

have in derision · interpreter · make a mock · mocker ···

פֶּןpen

(lest) (peradventure)conjH6435

that...not

יִשְׂנָאֶ֑/ךָּyiśənāʾekā

enemyverbH8130

foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···

הוֹכַ֥חhwōkaḥ

appointverbH3198

argue · chasten · convince · correct ···

לְ֝/חָכָ֗םləḥākām

cunningpronH2450

subtil · wise · man)

וְ/יֶאֱהָבֶֽ/ךָּwəyeʾĕhābekā

love(-dconjH157

-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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