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Proverbs 18:21 Interlinear

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue and they that love it shall eat the fruit”

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Proverbs 18 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	מָ֣וֶת	H4194	Death	death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
2	וְ֭חַיִּים	H2416	and life	alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
3	בְּיַד	H3027	are in the power	a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
4	לָשׁ֑וֹן	H3956	of the tongue	the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
5	וְ֝אֹהֲבֶ֗יהָ	H157	and they that love	to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
6	יֹאכַ֥ל	H398	it shall eat	to eat (literally or figuratively)
7	פִּרְיָֽהּ׃	H6529	the fruit	fruit (literally or figuratively)

Proverbs 18:21 (current)Death and life are in the power of the tongue and they that love it shall eat the fruit