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Proverbs 17:28

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1571 Even גם

H191 a fool אויל

H2790 when he holdeth his peace מחרישׁ

H2450 wise חכם

H2803 is counted יחשׁב

H331 and he that shutteth אטם

H8193 his lips שׂפתיו

H995 is esteemed a man of understanding נבון׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H995 understanding

man

esteemed

H8193 lips

his

H331 shutteth

that

and

H2450 wise

H2803 counted

H2790 peace

his

holdeth

when

H191 fool

H1571 Even

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H331

Hebrew: אָטַם

Transliteration: ʼâṭam

Pronunciation: aw-tam'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {narrow} {shut} stop.

Definition:

to close (the lips or ears); by analogy to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)

1. to shut, shut up, close

a. (Qal) to shut, stop (of lips)

b. (Hiphil) of the wicked stopping their ears (fig.)

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906