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Proverbs 20:5 Interlinear

“water is like deep Counsel in the heart but a man but a man of understanding will draw it out”

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Proverbs 20 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	מַ֣יִם	H4325	water	water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
2	עֲ֭מֻקִּים	H6013	is like deep	deep (literally or figuratively)
3	עֵצָ֣ה	H6098	Counsel	advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
4	בְלֶב	H3820	in the heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
5	וְאִ֖ישׁ	H376	but a man	a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
6	וְאִ֖ישׁ	H376	but a man	a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
7	תְּבוּנָ֣ה	H8394	of understanding	intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
8	יִדְלֶֽנָּה׃	H1802	will draw it out	properly, to dangle, i.e., to let down a bucket (for drawing out water); figuratively, to deliver

Proverbs 20:5 (current)water is like deep Counsel in the heart but a man but a man of understanding will draw it out