Hebrew Interlinear

Proverbs 26:16 Interlinear

“is wiser The sluggard in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason”

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Proverbs 26 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	חָכָ֣ם	H2450	is wiser	wise, (i.e., intelligent, skilful or artful)
2	עָצֵ֣ל	H6102	The sluggard	indolent
3	בְּעֵינָ֑יו	H5869	in his own conceit	an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
4	מִ֝שִּׁבְעָ֗ה	H7651	than seven men	seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
5	מְשִׁ֣יבֵי	H7725	that can render	to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
6	טָֽעַם׃	H2940	a reason	properly, a taste, i.e., (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate

Proverbs 26:16 (current)is wiser The sluggard in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason