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Proverbs 25:23 Interlinear

“wind The north driveth away rain countenance so doth an angry tongue a backbiting”

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Proverbs 25 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	ר֣וּחַ	H7307	wind	wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
2	צָ֭פוֹן	H6828	The north	properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
3	תְּח֣וֹלֵֽל	H2342	driveth away	properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e., (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; fi
4	גָּ֑שֶׁם	H1653	rain	a shower
5	וּפָנִ֥ים	H6440	countenance	the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
6	נִ֝זְעָמִ֗ים	H2194	so doth an angry	properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e., to be enraged
7	לְשׁ֣וֹן	H3956	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,
8	סָֽתֶר׃	H5643	a backbiting	a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)

Proverbs 25:23 (current)wind The north driveth away rain countenance so doth an angry tongue a backbiting