Hebrew Interlinear
Proverbs 10:21 Interlinear
“The lips of the righteous feed many but fools for want of wisdom die”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | שִׂפְתֵ֣י | H8193 | The lips | the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.) |
| 2 | צַ֭דִּיק | H6662 | of the righteous | just |
| 3 | יִרְע֣וּ | H7462 | feed | to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie |
| 4 | רַבִּ֑ים | H7227 | many | abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) |
| 5 | וֶֽ֝אֱוִילִ֗ים | H191 | but fools | (figuratively) silly |
| 6 | בַּחֲסַר | H2638 | for want | lacking; hence, without |
| 7 | לֵ֥ב | H3820 | of wisdom | the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything |
| 8 | יָמֽוּתוּ׃ | H4191 | die | to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill |
Verse Context
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