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Proverbs 26:22 Interlinear

“The words of a talebearer are as wounds and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly”

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Proverbs 26 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	דִּבְרֵ֣י	H1697	The words	a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
2	נִ֭רְגָּן	H5372	of a talebearer	a slanderer
3	כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים	H3859	are as wounds	properly, to burn in, i.e., (figuratively) to rankle
4	וְ֝הֵ֗ם	H1992		they (only used when emphatic)
5	יָרְד֥וּ	H3381	and they go down	to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
6	חַדְרֵי	H2315	into the innermost parts	an apartment (usually literal)
7	בָֽטֶן׃	H990	of the belly	the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything

Proverbs 26:22 (current)The words of a talebearer are as wounds and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly