Hebrew Interlinear

Proverbs 20:8 Interlinear

“A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away with his eyes all evil”

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Proverbs 20 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	מֶ֗לֶךְ	H4428	A king	a king
2	יוֹשֵׁ֥ב	H3427	that sitteth in	properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
3	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
4	כִּסֵּא	H3678	the throne	properly, covered, i.e., a throne (as canopied)
5	דִ֑ין	H1779	of judgment	judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife
6	מְזָרֶ֖ה	H2219	scattereth away	to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow
7	בְעֵינָ֣יו	H5869	with his eyes	an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
8	כָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
9	רָֽע׃	H7451	all evil	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

Proverbs 20:8 (current)A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away with his eyes all evil