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1 Ŋkɔ nyui didi nyo wu kesinɔnuwo eye ŋudzedzekpɔkpɔ nyo wu klosalo kple sika.
2 Nu ɖeka siae nàkpɔ le kesinɔtɔ kple ame dahe ŋu: Yehowae nye wo katã Wɔla.
3 Nunyala kpɔ dzɔgbevɔ̃e gbɔna eye wòɣla eɖokui gake bometsila ya yiyim ko wòle eye wòkpea fu ɖe enu.
4 Ɖokuibɔbɔ kple Yehowavɔvɔ̃ hea kesinɔnu, bubu kple agbe vɛ.
5 Ŋu kple mɔkawo le ame vɔ̃ɖi la ƒe mɔ dzi, ke ame si dzɔ eƒe luʋɔ ŋuti la, ate ɖa xaa tso wo gbɔ.
6 He ɖevi ɖe mɔ si wòato la dzi eye ne etsi la, mate ɖa le edzi o.
7 Kesinɔtɔwo ɖua gã ɖe ame dahewo dzi eye nugbanadola zua dɔla na ame si do nugbana la nɛ.
8 Ame si ƒã vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi la axa dzɔgbevɔ̃e, eye woatsrɔ eƒe dɔmedzoe ƒe ameƒoti.
9 Woayra ame si nyoa dɔ me na amewo elabena emaa eƒe nuɖuɖu kple ame dahewo.
10 Nya fewuɖula la do goe eye dzre hã ado go, nenema ke nyahehe kple dzudzu hã awu nu.
11 Ame si lɔ̃ dzi dzadzɛ kple nuƒoƒo si me nya dzetowo le la, eyae fia la adze xɔ̃e.
12 Yehowa ƒe ŋkuwo le nugɔmesese ŋu, ke etrɔa gbo nuteƒemawɔlawo ƒe nyawo.
13 Kuviatɔ gblɔna be, “Dzata le gota!” alo “Woava wum le ablɔ dzi!”
14 Nyɔnu ahasitɔ ƒe nu la, ʋe globo wònye eye ame si dzi Yehowa ƒe dziku le la eyae age adze eme.
15 Wobla bometsitsi ɖe ɖevi ƒe dzi ŋu, ke ɖɔɖɔɖo ƒe ameƒoti ana wòate ɖa xaa tso egbɔ.
16 Ame si tea ame dahewo ɖe anyi be yeadzi yeƒe kesinɔnuwo ɖe edzi kple ame si naa nu kesinɔtɔ la siaa age ɖe hiã me.
17 Ƒu to anyi eye nàse nunyalawo ƒe nyawo, na wò dzi naku ɖe nu si fiam mele ŋuti,
18 elabena edoa dzidzɔ na ame ne èɣla wo ɖe wò dzi me, eye wo katã nanɔ klalo le wò nuyiwo dzi.
19 Ale be nàɖo dzi ɖe Yehowa ŋu, esia ta mele nu fiam wò ɖo egbea, ɛ̃, wòe mele nu fiam.
20 Ɖe nyemeŋlɔ nufiamenya blaetɔ̃ na wò, aɖaŋuɖonyawo kple nugɔmesenyawo
21 be woafia nyateƒe kple kakaɖedzinyawo wò be nàtsɔ nunyanyawo aɖo nya ŋu na ame si dɔ wò la oa?
22 Mègaba ame dahewo le esi woda ahe ta o eye mègate hiãtɔ ɖe to le ʋɔnu o,
23 elabena Yehowa axɔ nya ɖe wo nu eye wòaha ame si ha wo.
24 Mègadze xɔ̃ ŋutsu dɔmedzoetɔ o eye mègade ha kple ame si doa dziku kabakaba o,
25 ne menye nenema o la, àva srɔ̃ eƒe mɔwo eye nàtsɔ ɖokuiwò ade mɔ me.
26 Mèganye ame si ƒua asi akɔ ɖe fenyila nu alo dea megbe na ame si do nugbana la o;
27 eye ne mèkpɔ ga axe fea o la, woaɖe aba si dzi nèmlɔna la gɔ̃ hã le tewò.
28 Mègaɖe blemaliƒokpe si fofowòwo ɖi la ɖa o.
29 Èkpɔ ame si bi ɖe eƒe dɔ me la le dɔ wɔma? Asubɔ le fiawo ŋgɔ eye menye le ame tsɛwo ŋgɔ o.
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Hebrew interlinear — Proverbs 22:1–29 (225 words)
1
  1. נִבְחָ֣רnibḥārbachar: (properly) to try; (by implication) selectH977
  2. שֵׁ֭םšēmshem: an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individualityH8034
  3. מֵעֹ֣שֶׁרmēʿōšer`osher: wealthH6239
  4. רָ֑בrābrab: abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)H7227
  5. מִכֶּ֥סֶףmikkesepkeceph: silver (from its pale color); (by implication) moneyH3701
  6. וּ֝מִזָּהָ֗בûmizzāhābzahab: gold; (figuratively) golden, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow) such as oil or a clear, sunny skyH2091
  7. חֵ֣ןḥēnchen: graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)H2580
  8. טֽוֹב׃ṭôbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
2
  1. עָשִׁ֣ירʿāšîr`ashiyr: rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)H6223
  2. וָרָ֣שׁwārāšruwsh: to be destituteH7326
  3. נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּnipgāšûpagash: to come in contact with, whether by accident or violenceH6298
  4. עֹשֵׂ֖הʿōśē`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  5. כֻלָּ֣םkullāmkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  6. יְהוָֽה׃yĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
3
  1. עָר֤וּם׀ʿārûm`aruwm: cunning (usually in a bad sense)H6175
  2. רָאָ֣הrāʾâra'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
  3. רָעָ֣הrāʿâra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  4. וְיִסְתָּ֑רwĕyistārcathar: to hide (by covering), literally or figurativelyH5641
  5. וּ֝פְתָיִ֗יםûpĕtāyîmpthiy: silly (i.e. seducible)H6612
  6. עָבְר֥וּʿobrû`abar: to cross overH5674
  7. וְֽנֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ׃wĕneʿĕnāšû`anash: (properly) to urge; (by implication) to inflict a penaltyH6064
4
  1. עֵ֣קֶבʿēqeb`eqeb: a heel, i.e. (figuratively) the last of anything (used adverbially, for ever)H6118
  2. עֲ֭נָוָהʿănāwâ`anavah: condescension, human and subjective (modesty), or divine and objective (clemency)H6038
  3. יִרְאַ֣תyirʾatyir'ah: fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverenceH3374
  4. יְהוָ֑הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  5. עֹ֖שֶׁרʿōšer`osher: wealthH6239
  6. וְכָב֣וֹדwĕkābôdkabowd: (properly) weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessH3519
  7. וְחַיִּֽים׃wĕḥayyîmchay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
5
  1. צִנִּ֣יםṣinnîmtsen: a thorn; (hence) a cactus-hedgeH6791
  2. פַּ֭חִיםpaḥîmpach: a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)H6341
  3. בְּדֶ֣רֶךְbĕderekderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  4. עִקֵּ֑שׁʿiqqēš`iqqesh: distorted; (hence) falseH6141
  5. שׁוֹמֵ֥רšômērshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
  6. נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹnapšônephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  7. יִרְחַ֥קyirḥaqrachaq: to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively...H7368
  8. מֵהֶֽם׃mēhemhem: they (only used when emphatic)H1992
6
  1. חֲנֹ֣ךְḥănōkchanak: (properly) to narrow; (figuratively) to initiate or disciplineH2596
  2. לַ֭נַּעַרlannaʿarna`ar: (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescenceH5288
  3. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  4. פִּ֣יpîpeh: the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech)H6310
  5. דַרְכּ֑וֹdarkôderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  6. גַּ֥םgamgam: (properly) assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, thoughH1571
  7. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  8. יַ֝זְקִ֗יןyazqînzaqen: to be oldH2204
  9. לֹֽאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  10. יָס֥וּרyāsûrcuwr: to turn off (literal or figurative)H5493
  11. מִמֶּֽנָּה׃mimmennâmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
7
  1. עָ֭שִׁירʿāšîr`ashiyr: rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)H6223
  2. בְּרָשִׁ֣יםbĕrāšîmruwsh: to be destituteH7326
  3. יִמְשׁ֑וֹלyimšôlmashal: to ruleH4910
  4. וְעֶ֥בֶדwĕʿebed`ebed: a servantH5650
  5. ל֝וֶֹ֗הlôelavah: (properly) to twine; (by implication) to unite, to remainH3867
  6. לְאִ֣ישׁlĕʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  7. מַלְוֶֽה׃malwelavah: (properly) to twine; (by implication) to unite, to remainH3867
8
  1. זוֹרֵ֣עַzôrēaʿzara`: to sow; (figuratively) to disseminate, plant, fructifyH2232
  2. עַ֭וְלָהʿawlâ`evel: (moral) evilH5766
  3. יִקְצָורyiqṣāwrקצרH7114
  4. אָ֑וֶןʾāwenaven: (strictly) nothingness; (also) trouble, vanity, wickednessH205
  5. וְשֵׁ֖בֶטwĕšēbeṭshebet: a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a...H7626
  6. עֶבְרָת֣וֹʿebrātô`ebrah: an outburst of passionH5678
  7. יִכְלֶֽה׃yiklekalah: to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)H3615
9
  1. טֽוֹבṭôbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
  2. עַ֭יִןʿayin`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  3. ה֣וּאhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  4. יְבֹרָ֑ךְyĕbōrākbarak: to kneel; (implication, man toward God) to bless God as an act of adorationH1288
  5. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  6. נָתַ֖ןnātannathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  7. מִלַּחְמ֣וֹmillaḥmôlechem: food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)H3899
  8. לַדָּֽל׃laddāldal: (properly) dangling; (by implication) weak or thinH1800
10
  1. גָּ֣רֵֽשׁgārēšgarash: to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorceH1644
  2. לֵ֭ץlēṣluwts: (properly) to make mouths at, i.e. to scoffH3887
  3. וְיֵצֵ֣אwĕyēṣēʾyatsa': to go out; (causatively) to bring outH3318
  4. מָד֑וֹןmādônmadown: a contest or quarrelH4066
  5. וְ֝יִשְׁבֹּ֗תwĕyišbōtshabath: to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)H7673
  6. דִּ֣יןdîndiyn: judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal)H1779
  7. וְקָלֽוֹן׃wĕqālônqalown: disgrace; (by implication) the pudendaH7036
11
  1. אֹהֵ֥בʾōhēbahab: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)H157
  2. טְהָורṭĕhāwrtahowr: pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)H2889
  3. לֵ֑בlēbleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  4. חֵ֥ןḥēnchen: graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)H2580
  5. שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוśĕpātāywsaphah: the lip (as a natural boundary); (by implication) languageH8193
  6. רֵעֵ֥הוּrēʿēhûrea`: an associate (more or less close)H7453
  7. מֶֽלֶךְ׃melekmelek: a kingH4428
12
  1. עֵינֵ֣יʿênê`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  2. יְ֭הוָהyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. נָ֣צְרוּnāṣĕrûnatsar: to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)H5341
  4. דָ֑עַתdāʿatda`ath: knowledgeH1847
  5. וַ֝יְסַלֵּ֗ףwaysallēpcalaph: (properly) to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvertH5557
  6. דִּבְרֵ֥יdibrêdabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
  7. בֹגֵֽד׃bōgēdbagad: to cover (with a garment); (figuratively) to act covertlyH898
13
  1. אָמַ֣רʾāmaramar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  2. עָ֭צֵלʿāṣēl`atsel: indolentH6102
  3. אֲרִ֣יʾărîariy: a lionH738
  4. בַח֑וּץbaḥûṣchuwts: (properly) separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoorsH2351
  5. בְּת֥וֹךְbĕtôktavek: a bisection; (by implication) the centreH8432
  6. רְ֝חֹב֗וֹתrĕḥōbôtrchob: a width; (concretely) avenue or areaH7339
  7. אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ׃ʾērāṣēaḥratsach: (properly) to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murderH7523
14
  1. שׁוּחָ֣הšûḥâshuwchah: a chasmH7745
  2. עֲ֭מֻקָּהʿămuqqâ`amoq: deep (literally or figuratively)H6013
  3. פִּ֣יpîpeh: the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech)H6310
  4. זָר֑וֹתzārôtzuwr: to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profaneH2114
  5. זְע֥וּםzĕʿûmza`am: (properly) to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enragedH2194
  6. יְ֝הוָ֗הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  7. יִפָּולyippāwlnaphal: to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)H5307
  8. שָֽׁם׃šāmnaphal: to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)H5307
15
  1. אִ֭וֶּלֶתʾiwweletivveleth: sillinessH200
  2. קְשׁוּרָ֣הqĕšûrâqashar: bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit, stronger, work (treason)H7194
  3. בְלֶבbĕlebleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  4. נָ֑עַרnāʿarna`ar: (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescenceH5288
  5. שֵׁ֥בֶטšēbeṭshebet: a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a...H7626
  6. מ֝וּסָ֗רmûsārmuwcar: (properly) chastisement; (figuratively) reproof, warning or instructionH4148
  7. יַרְחִיקֶ֥נָּהyarḥîqennârachaq: to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively...H7368
  8. מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mimmennûmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
16
  1. עֹ֣שֵֽׁקʿōšēq`ashaq: to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflowH6231
  2. דָּ֭לdāldal: (properly) dangling; (by implication) weak or thinH1800
  3. לְהַרְבּ֣וֹתlĕharbôtrabah: to increase (in whatever respect)H7235
  4. ל֑וֹlô
  5. נֹתֵ֥ןnōtēnnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  6. לְ֝עָשִׁ֗ירlĕʿāšîr`ashiyr: rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)H6223
  7. אַךְʾakak: a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) onlyH389
  8. לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃lĕmaḥsôrmachcowr: deficiency; (hence) impoverishmentH4270
17
  1. הַ֥טhaṭnatah: to stretch or spread out; (by implication) to bend away (including moral deflection)H5186
  2. אָזְנְךָ֗ʾoznĕkāozen: broadness; (concretely) the ear (from its form in man)H241
  3. וּ֭שְׁמַעûšĕmaʿshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
  4. דִּבְרֵ֣יdibrêdabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
  5. חֲכָמִ֑יםḥăkāmîmchakam: wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)H2450
  6. וְ֝לִבְּךָ֗wĕlibbĕkāleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  7. תָּשִׁ֥יתtāšîtshiyth: to place (in a very wide application)H7896
  8. לְדַעְתִּֽי׃lĕdaʿtîda`ath: knowledgeH1847
18
  1. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. נָ֭עִיםnāʿîmna`iym: delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)H5273
  3. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  4. תִשְׁמְרֵ֣םtišmĕrēmshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
  5. בְּבִטְנֶ֑ךָbĕbiṭnekābeten: the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anythingH990
  6. יִכֹּ֥נוּyikkōnûkuwn: (properly) to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular)H3559
  7. יַ֝חְדָּ֗וyaḥdāwyachad: (properly) a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyH3162
  8. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  9. שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃śĕpātêkāsaphah: the lip (as a natural boundary); (by implication) languageH8193
19
  1. לִהְי֣וֹתlihyôthayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  2. בַּ֭יהוָהbayhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. מִבְטַחֶ֑ךָmibṭaḥekāmibtach: (properly) a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assuranceH4009
  4. הוֹדַעְתִּ֖יךָhôdaʿtîkāyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  5. הַיּ֣וֹםhayyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  6. אַףʾapaph: meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction)H637
  7. אָֽתָּה׃ʾāttâattah: thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youH859
20
  1. הֲלֹ֤אhălōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  2. כָתַ֣בְתִּיkātabtîkathab: to engrave, carve; (by implication) to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)H3789
  3. לְ֭ךָlĕkā
  4. שָׁלִשִׁ֑וםšālišiwmshilshowm: trebly, i.e. (in time) day before yesterdayH8032
  5. בְּמֹ֖עֵצ֣וֹתbĕmōʿēṣôtmow`etsah: a purposeH4156
  6. וָדָֽעַת׃wādāʿatda`ath: knowledgeH1847
21
  1. לְהוֹדִֽיעֲךָ֗lĕhôdîʿăkāyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  2. קֹ֭שְׁטְqōšĕṭqoshet: equity (as evenly weighed), i.e. realityH7189
  3. אִמְרֵ֣יʾimrêemer: something saidH561
  4. אֱמֶ֑תʾĕmetemeth: stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthinessH571
  5. לְהָשִׁ֥יבlĕhāšîbshuwb: to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the...H7725
  6. אֲמָרִ֥יםʾămārîmemer: something saidH561
  7. אֱ֝מֶ֗תʾĕmetemeth: stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthinessH571
  8. לְשֹׁלְחֶֽיךָ׃lĕšōlĕḥêkāshalach: to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)H7971
22
  1. אַֽלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. תִּגְזָלtigzālgazal: to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or robH1497
  3. דָּ֭לdāldal: (properly) dangling; (by implication) weak or thinH1800
  4. כִּ֣יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  5. דַלdaldal: (properly) dangling; (by implication) weak or thinH1800
  6. ה֑וּאhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  7. וְאַלwĕʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  8. תְּדַכֵּ֖אtĕdakkēʾdaka': to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)H1792
  9. עָנִ֣יʿānî`aniy: depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as H6035, although the margin constantly disputes...H6041
  10. בַשָּֽׁעַר׃baššāʿarsha`ar: an opening, i.e. door or gateH8179
23
  1. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. יְ֭הוָהyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. יָרִ֣יבyārîbriyb: (properly) to toss, i.e. grapple; (mostly figuratively) to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversyH7378
  4. רִיבָ֑םrîbāmriyb: a contest (personal or legal)H7379
  5. וְקָבַ֖עwĕqābaʿqaba`: to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraudH6906
  6. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  7. קֹבְעֵיהֶ֣םqōbĕʿêhemqaba`: to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraudH6906
  8. נָֽפֶשׁ׃nāpešnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
24
  1. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. תִּ֭תְרַעtitraʿra`ah: to tend a flock i.e. pasture it; (intransitively, literally or figuratively) to grazeH7462
  3. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) nearness; (used only as a preposition or an adverb) nearH854
  4. בַּ֣עַלbaʿalba`al: a masterH1167
  5. אָ֑ףʾāpaph: (properly) the nose or nostril; (hence) the face, and occasionally a personH639
  6. וְאֶתwĕʾeteth: (properly) nearness; (used only as a preposition or an adverb) nearH854
  7. אִ֥ישׁʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  8. חֵ֝מוֹתḥēmôtchemah: heat; (figuratively) anger, poison (from its fever)H2534
  9. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  10. תָבֽוֹא׃tābôʾbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
25
  1. פֶּןpenpen: (properly) removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lestH6435
  2. תֶּאֱלַ֥ףteʾĕlapalph: hence, to learn (and causatively to teach)H502
  3. אֹֽרְחֹתָ֑וʾōrĕḥōtāworach: (literally or figuratively) a well-trodden roadH734
  4. וְלָקַחְתָּ֖wĕlāqaḥtālaqach: to take (in the widest variety of applications)H3947
  5. מוֹקֵ֣שׁmôqēšmowqesh: (literally or figuratively) a noose (for catching animals)H4170
  6. לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃lĕnapšekānephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
26
  1. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. תְּהִ֥יtĕhîhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  3. בְתֹֽקְעֵיbĕtōqĕʿêtaqa`: to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument)H8628
  4. כָ֑ףkāpkaph: the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the...H3709
  5. בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗יםbaʿōrĕbîm`arab: to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter)H6148
  6. מַשָּׁאֽוֹת׃maššāʾôtmashsha'ah: a loanH4859
27
  1. אִםʾimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  2. אֵֽיןʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  3. לְךָ֥lĕkā
  4. לְשַׁלֵּ֑םlĕšallēmshalam: to be safe (in mind, body or estate); (figuratively) to be completedH7999
  5. לָ֥מָּהlāmmâmah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
  6. יִקַּ֥חyiqqaḥlaqach: to take (in the widest variety of applications)H3947
  7. מִ֝שְׁכָּבְךָ֗miškobkāmishkab: a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleepH4904
  8. מִתַּחְתֶּֽיךָ׃mittaḥtêkātachath: the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of...H8478
28
  1. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. תַּ֭סֵּגtassēgnacag: to retreatH5253
  3. גְּב֣וּלgĕbûlgbuwl: (properly) a cord (as twisted); (by implication) a boundaryH1366
  4. עוֹלָ֑םʿôlām`owlam: (properly) concealed, i.e. the vanishing pointH5769
  5. אֲשֶׁ֖רʾăšeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
  6. עָשׂ֣וּʿāśû`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  7. אֲבוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ʾăbôtêkāab: fatherH1
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  1. חָזִ֡יתָḥāzîtāchazah: to gaze at; mentally, to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure)H2372
  2. אִ֤ישׁ׀ʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  3. מָ֘הִ֤ירmāhîrmahiyr: quick; (hence) skilfulH4106
  4. בִּמְלַאכְתּ֗וֹbimlaktômla'kah: (properly) deputyship, i.e. ministry; (generally) employment (never servile)H4399
  5. לִֽפְנֵֽיlipĕnêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  6. מְלָכִ֥יםmĕlākîmmelek: a kingH4428
  7. יִתְיַצָּ֑בyityaṣṣābyatsab: to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continueH3320
  8. בַּלbalbal: (properly) a failure; (by implication) nothingH1077
  9. יִ֝תְיַצֵּבyityaṣṣēbyatsab: to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continueH3320
  10. לִפְנֵ֥יlipnêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  11. חֲשֻׁכִּֽים׃ḥăšukkîmchashok: dark (figuratively, i.e. obscure)H2823

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Strong's words in Proverbs 22 (6)
Strong's H3068 — יְהוָֽה׃ (yĕhwâ)
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 6 times in Proverbs 22.
Strong's H408 — אַֽל (ʾal)
al (al) adv. 1. (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative) 2. (as a noun) nothing (used once in Job 24 [a negative particle (akin to H3808)] KJV: nay, neither, + never, no ,nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than. Root(s): H3808. Appears 5 times in Proverbs 22.
Strong's H1800 — לַדָּֽל׃ (laddāl)
dal (dal) adj. 1. (properly) dangling 2. (by implication) weak or thin [from H1809] KJV: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker. Root(s): H1809. Appears 4 times in Proverbs 22.
Strong's H1847 — דָ֑עַת (dāʿat)
da`ath (dah'-ath) n-e. 1. knowledge [from H3045] KJV: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly). Root(s): H3045. Appears 3 times in Proverbs 22.
Strong's H376 — לְאִ֣ישׁ (lĕʾîš)
iysh (eesh) n-m. 1. a man as an individual or a male person 2. often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) [contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)] KJV: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Root(s): H582 Compare: H802. Appears 3 times in Proverbs 22.
Strong's H3820 — לֵ֑ב (lēb)
leb (labe) n-m. 1. the heart 2. also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect 3. likewise for the centre of anything [a form of H3824] KJV: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom. Root(s): H3824. Appears 3 times in Proverbs 22.

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What the Early Church wrote about Proverbs 22 (1 additional)
  • “But we must not give credence to the apocryphal books even in this way, for the eternal boundaries, which our fathers erected, must not be moved. It could be that the apostles or the Evangelists, filled with the Holy Spirit, knew what had to be taken from those writings and wh...”

    — Origen (3rd century) on Proverbs 22:28

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