Psalms 15:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.”

Psalms 15:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 15:411 words

HebrewMeaning

נִבְזֶ֤הnibəzeh

despiseverbH959

disdain · contemn · think to scorn · vile person

בְּֽ/עֵ֘ינָ֤י/וbəʿēynāyw

eyepronH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

נִמְאָ֗סniməʾās

abhorverbH3988

cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···

וְ/אֶתwəʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853

יִרְאֵ֣יyirəʾēy

afraidadjH3373

fear

יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

יְכַבֵּ֑דyəkabēd

abounding withverbH3513

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

נִשְׁבַּ֥עnišəbaʿ

adjureverbH7650

charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for

לְ֝/הָרַ֗עləhāraʿ

afflictpronH7489

associate selves (by mistake for

וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָמִֽרyāmir

changeverbH4171

at all · remove

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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