Hebrew Interlinear
Proverbs 17:23 Interlinear
“a gift out of the bosom A wicked man taketh to pervert the ways of judgment”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | שֹׁ֣חַד | H7810 | a gift | a donation (venal or redemptive) |
| 2 | מֵ֭חֵק | H2436 | out of the bosom | the bosom (literally or figuratively) |
| 3 | רָשָׁ֣ע | H7563 | A wicked | morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person |
| 4 | יִקָּ֑ח | H3947 | man taketh | to take (in the widest variety of applications) |
| 5 | לְ֝הַטּ֗וֹת | H5186 | to pervert | to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows) |
| 6 | אָרְח֥וֹת | H734 | the ways | a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan |
| 7 | מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ | H4941 | of judgment | properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind |
Verse Context
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