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Proverbs 21:1 Interlinear

“as the rivers of water heart The king's is in the hand of the LORD it whithersoever he will he turneth”

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Proverbs 21 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	פַּלְגֵי	H6388	as the rivers	a rill (i.e., small channel of water, as in irrigation)
2	מַ֣יִם	H4325	of water	water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
3	לֶב	H3820	heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
4	מֶ֭לֶךְ	H4428	The king's	a king
5	בְּיַד	H3027	is in the hand	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
6	יְהוָ֑ה	H3068	of the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
7	עַֽל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8	כָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
9	אֲשֶׁ֖ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
10	יַחְפֹּ֣ץ	H2654	it whithersoever he will	properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
11	יַטֶּֽנּוּ׃	H5186	he turneth	to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)

Proverbs 21:1 (current)as the rivers of water heart The king's is in the hand of the LORD it whithersoever he will he turneth