Hebrew Interlinear

Proverbs 14:29 Interlinear

“He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly”

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Proverbs 14 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אֶ֣רֶךְ	H750	He that is slow	long
2	אַ֭פַּיִם	H639	to wrath	properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
3	רַב	H7227	is of great	abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
4	תְּבוּנָ֑ה	H8394	understanding	intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
5	וּקְצַר	H7116	but he that is hasty	short (whether in size, number, life, strength or temper)
6	ר֝֗וּחַ	H7307	of spirit	wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
7	מֵרִ֥ים	H7311	exalteth	to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
8	אִוֶּֽלֶת׃	H200	folly	silliness

Proverbs 14:29 (current)He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly