Hebrew Interlinear
Proverbs 25:7 Interlinear
“ For better it is that it be said unto thee Come up hither than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince have seen whom thine eyes”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | כִּ֤י | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 2 | ט֥וֹב | H2896 | For better | good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good |
| 3 | אֲמָר | H559 | it is that it be said | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 4 | לְךָ֗ | H0 | ||
| 5 | עֲֽלֵ֫ה | H5927 | unto thee Come up | to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative |
| 6 | הֵ֥נָּה | H2008 | hither or thither (but used both of place and time) | |
| 7 | מֵֽ֭הַשְׁפִּ֣ילְךָ | H8213 | hither than that thou shouldest be put lower | to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive) |
| 8 | לִפְנֵ֣י | H6440 | in the presence | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 9 | נָדִ֑יב | H5081 | of the prince | properly, voluntary, i.e., generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant) |
| 10 | אֲשֶׁ֖ר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 11 | רָא֣וּ | H7200 | have seen | to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) |
| 12 | עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | H5869 | whom thine eyes | an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
Verse Context
Proverbs 25:6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king not in the place of great...
Proverbs 25:7 (current) For better it is that it be said unto thee Come up hither than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince have seen whom thine eyes
Proverbs 25:8 Go not forth to strive hastily ...