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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּ֤יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2ט֥וֹבH2896For bettergood (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
3אֲמָרH559it is that it be saidto say (used with great latitude)
4לְךָ֗H0
5עֲֽלֵ֫הH5927unto thee Come upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
6הֵ֥נָּהH2008hither or thither (but used both of place and time)
7מֵֽ֭הַשְׁפִּ֣ילְךָH8213hither than that thou shouldest be put lowerto depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
8לִפְנֵ֣יH6440in the presencethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
9נָדִ֑יבH5081of the princeproperly, voluntary, i.e., generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
10אֲשֶׁ֖רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
11רָא֣וּH7200have seento see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
12עֵינֶֽיךָ׃H5869whom thine eyesan 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 ...

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