Proverbs
Proverbs 16:29–30
29A violent man entices his neighbor
and leads him down a path that is not good.
30He who winks his eye devises perversity;
he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Proverbs 16:29
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A violent | חָ֭מָס | ḥā·mās | Noun - masculine singular | H2555 violence, wrong |
| man | אִ֣ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular construct | H376 man |
| entices | יְפַתֶּ֣ה | yə·p̄at·teh | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6601 be spacious, wide, open |
| his neighbor | רֵעֵ֑הוּ | rê·‘ê·hū | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H7453 shouting, roar |
| and leads him | וְ֝הוֹלִיכ֗וֹ | wə·hō·w·lî·ḵōw | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| down a path | בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ | bə·ḏe·reḵ | Preposition-b; Noun - common singular | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| not | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| good | טֽוֹב׃ | ṭō·wḇ | Adjective - masculine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
Proverbs 16:30
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| He who winks | עֹצֶ֣ה | ‘ō·ṣeh | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H6095 shut |
| his eye | עֵ֭ינָיו | ‘ê·nāw | Noun - cdc; third person masculine singular | H5869 eye |
| devises | לַחְשֹׁ֣ב | laḥ·šōḇ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H2803 think, account |
| perversity | תַּהְפֻּכ֑וֹת | tah·pu·ḵō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural | H8419 perversity, fraud |
| he who purses | קֹרֵ֥ץ | qō·rêṣ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7169 nip, pinch |
| his lips | שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו | śə·p̲ā·t̲āyw | Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine singular | H8193 lip, speech, edge |
| is bent on | כִּלָּ֥ה | kil·lāh | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent |
| evil | רָעָֽה׃ | rā·‘āh | Adjective - feminine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 16:29 Proverbs 2:12–15 · Proverbs 12:26 · 2 Peter 3:17 · Proverbs 3:31 · Proverbs 1:10–14 · 1 Samuel 23:19–21 · 1 Samuel 19:11 · 1 Samuel 22:7–9 · 1 Samuel 19:17 · Nehemiah 6:13
Proverbs 16:30 Matthew 13:15 · Proverbs 6:12–14
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.