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Proverbs 25:28 Interlinear

“is like a city that is broken down and without walls He that hath no rule over his own spirit”

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Proverbs 25 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	עִ֣יר	H5892	is like a city	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
2	פְּ֭רוּצָה	H6555	that is broken down	to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
3	אֵ֣ין	H369		a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
4	חוֹמָ֑ה	H2346	and without walls	a wall of protection
5	אִ֝֗ישׁ	H376	He	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	אֲשֶׁ֤ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
7	אֵ֖ין	H369		a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
8	מַעְצָ֣ר	H4623	that hath no rule	subjectively, control
9	לְרוּחֽוֹ׃	H7307	over his own spirit	wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the

Proverbs 25:28 (current)is like a city that is broken down and without walls He that hath no rule over his own spirit