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Proverbs 27:22 Interlinear

“ Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle depart yet will not his foolishness”

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Proverbs 27 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אִ֥ם	H518		used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
2	תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ	H3806	Though thou shouldest bray	to butt or pound
3	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4	הָאֱוִ֨יל׀	H191	a fool	(figuratively) silly
5	בַּ֥מַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ	H4388	in a mortar	a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth)
6	בְּת֣וֹךְ	H8432	among	a bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
7	הָ֭רִיפוֹת	H7383	wheat	(only plural), grits (as pounded)
8	בַּֽעֱלִ֑י	H5940	with a pestle	a pestle (as lifted)
9	לֹא	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
10	תָס֥וּר	H5493	depart	to turn off (literally or figuratively)
11	מֵ֝עָלָ֗יו	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
12	אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃	H200	yet will not his foolishness	silliness

Proverbs 27:22 (current) Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle depart yet will not his foolishness