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Proverbs 28:15 Interlinear

“lion As a roaring bear and a ranging ruler so is a wicked people over the poor”

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Proverbs 28 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אֲרִי	H738	lion	a lion
2	נֹ֭הֵם	H5098	As a roaring	to growl
3	וְדֹ֣ב	H1677	bear	the bear (as slow)
4	שׁוֹקֵ֑ק	H8264	and a ranging	to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily
5	מוֹשֵׁ֥ל	H4910	ruler	to rule
6	רָ֝שָׁ֗ע	H7563	so is a wicked	morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
7	עַ֣ל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8	עַם	H5971	people	a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
9	דָּֽל׃	H1800	over the poor	properly, dangling, i.e., (by implication) weak or thin

Proverbs 28:15 (current)lion As a roaring bear and a ranging ruler so is a wicked people over the poor