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Proverbs 17:28 Interlinear

“ Even a fool when he holdeth his peace wise is counted and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding”

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Proverbs 17 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	גַּ֤ם	H1571		properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
2	אֱוִ֣יל	H191	Even a fool	(figuratively) silly
3	מַ֭חֲרִישׁ	H2790	when he holdeth his peace	to scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad
4	חָכָ֣ם	H2450	wise	wise, (i.e., intelligent, skilful or artful)
5	יֵחָשֵׁ֑ב	H2803	is counted	properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
6	אֹטֵ֖ם	H331	and he that shutteth	to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)
7	שְׂפָתָ֣יו	H8193	his lips	the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
8	נָבֽוֹן׃	H995	is esteemed a man of understanding	to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e., (generally) understand

Proverbs 17:28 (current) Even a fool when he holdeth his peace wise is counted and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding