Proverbs 25:28
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.

Young's Literal Translation
A city broken down without walls, [Is] a man without restraint over his spirit!

King James Bible
He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.

Hebrew
Like a city
עִ֣יר (‘îr)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5892: Excitement

whose walls
חוֹמָ֑ה (ḥō·w·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2346: A wall of protection

are broken down
פְּ֭רוּצָה (pə·rū·ṣāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 6555: To break through

is a man
אִ֝֗ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

does not
אֵ֣ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

control
מַעְצָ֣ר (ma‘·ṣār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4623: Subjectively, control

his temper.
לְרוּחֽוֹ׃ (lə·rū·ḥōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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