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Proverbs 14:27 Interlinear

“The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life to depart from the snares of death”

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Proverbs 14 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	יִרְאַ֣ת	H3374	The fear	fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence
2	יְ֭הוָה	H3068	of the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
3	מְק֣וֹר	H4726	is a fountain	properly, something dug, i.e., a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda);
4	חַיִּ֑ים	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
5	לָ֝ס֗וּר	H5493	to depart	to turn off (literally or figuratively)
6	מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי	H4170	from the snares	a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)
7	מָֽוֶת׃	H4194	of death	death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

Proverbs 14:27 (current)The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life to depart from the snares of death