Proverbs 25:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The north wind bringeth forth rain: So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ר֣וּחַ צָ֭פוֹן תְּח֣וֹלֵֽל גָּ֑שֶׁם וּפָנִ֥ים נִ֝זְעָמִ֗ים לְשׁ֣וֹן סָֽתֶר׃

Transliteration

rûaḥ ṣāpôn tĕḥôlēl gāšem and-pānîm nizʿāmîm lĕšôn sāter

Grammar Details

*rûaḥ*: noun, feminine singular construct - wind of
*ṣāpôn*: noun, masculine singular - north
*tĕḥôlēl*: polel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - brings forth
*gāšem*: noun, masculine singular - rain
*û*: conjunction - and
*pānîm*: noun, masculine plural - face
*nizʿāmîm*: niphal participle, masculine plural - angry
*lĕšôn*: noun, feminine singular construct - tongue of
*sāter*: noun, masculine singular - secret

Word Meanings

*rûaḥ*: wind/spirit/breath
*ṣāpôn*: north/northern direction
*tĕḥôlēl*: brings forth/produces/drives away
*gāšem*: rain/downpour
*pānîm*: face/presence/appearance
*nizʿāmîm*: angry/indignant/enraged
*lĕšôn*: tongue/language
*sāter*: secret/hidden/backbiting

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 101:5 : 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
Prov 26:20 : 20 For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
Rom 1:30 : 30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means [there should be] strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;
Job 37:22 : 22 Out of the north cometh golden splendor: God hath upon him terrible majesty.
Ps 15:3 : 3 He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;

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