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Proverbs 16:32 Interlinear

“is better He that is slow to anger than the mighty and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city”

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Proverbs 16 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	ט֤וֹב	H2896	is better	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
2	אֶ֣רֶךְ	H750	He that is slow	long
3	אַ֭פַּיִם	H639	to anger	properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
4	מִגִּבּ֑וֹר	H1368	than the mighty	powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
5	וּמֹשֵׁ֥ל	H4910	and he that ruleth	to rule
6	בְּ֝רוּח֗וֹ	H7307	his spirit	wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
7	מִלֹּכֵ֥ד	H3920	than he that taketh	to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
8	עִֽיר׃	H5892	a city	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

Proverbs 16:32 (current)is better He that is slow to anger than the mighty and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city