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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1שֹׁ֣חַדH7810a gifta donation (venal or redemptive)
2מֵ֭חֵקH2436out of the bosomthe bosom (literally or figuratively)
3רָשָׁ֣עH7563A wickedmorally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
4יִקָּ֑חH3947man takethto take (in the widest variety of applications)
5לְ֝הַטּ֗וֹתH5186to pervertto stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
6אָרְח֥וֹתH734the waysa well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
7מִשְׁפָּֽט׃H4941of judgmentproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind

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