Hebrew Interlinear
Proverbs 28:6 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Proverbs 28:6, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness than he that is perverse in his ways though he be rich”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | טֽוֹב | H2896 | Better | good (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 |
| 2 | רָ֭שׁ | H7326 | is the poor | to be destitute |
| 3 | הוֹלֵ֣ךְ | H1980 | that walketh | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) |
| 4 | בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ | H8537 | in his uprightness | completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence |
| 5 | מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ | H6141 | than he that is perverse | distorted; hence, false |
| 6 | דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם | H1870 | in his ways | a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb |
| 7 | וְה֣וּא | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo | |
| 8 | עָשִֽׁיר׃ | H6223 | though he be rich | rich, whether literal or figurative (noble) |
Verse Context
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