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Proverbs 25:20 Interlinear

“As he that taketh away a garment weather in cold and as vinegar upon nitre so is he that singeth songs heart to an heavy”

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Proverbs 25 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	מַ֥עֲדֶה	H5710	As he that taketh away	to advance, i.e., pass on or continue; causatively, to remove; specifically, to bedeck (i.e., bring an ornament upon)
2	בֶּ֨גֶד׀	H899	a garment	a covering, i.e., clothing
3	בְּי֣וֹם	H3117	weather	a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
4	קָ֭רָה	H7135	in cold	coolness
5	חֹ֣מֶץ	H2558	and as vinegar	vinegar
6	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
7	נָ֑תֶר	H5427	upon nitre	mineral potash (so called from effervescing with acid)
8	וְשָׁ֥ר	H7891	so is he that singeth	to sing
9	בַּ֝שִּׁרִ֗ים	H7892	songs	a song; abstractly, singing
10	עַ֣ל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
11	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
12	רָֽע׃	H7451	to an heavy	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

Proverbs 25:20 (current)As he that taketh away a garment weather in cold and as vinegar upon nitre so is he that singeth songs heart to an heavy