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Proverbs 10:11 Interlinear

“man is a well of life The mouth of a righteous The mouth of the wicked covereth but violence”

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Proverbs 10 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	מְק֣וֹר	H4726	man is a well	properly, something dug, i.e., a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda);
2	חַ֭יִּים	H2416	of life	alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
3	וּפִ֥י	H6310	The mouth	the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
4	צַדִּ֑יק	H6662	of a righteous	just
5	וּפִ֥י	H6310	The mouth	the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
6	רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים	H7563	of the wicked	morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
7	יְכַסֶּ֥ה	H3680	covereth	properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
8	חָמָֽס׃	H2555	but violence	violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain

Proverbs 10:11 (current)man is a well of life The mouth of a righteous The mouth of the wicked covereth but violence