Proverbs 25:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 101:5 : 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Prov 26:20 : 20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Rom 1:30 : 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
Job 37:22 : 22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
Ps 15:3 : 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

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