Proverbs 26:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

Young's Literal Translation
So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, ‘Am not I playing?’

King James Bible
So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

Hebrew
so
כֵּֽן־ (kên-)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

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

who deceives
רִמָּ֣ה (rim·māh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7411: To hurl, to shoot, to delude, betray

his neighbor
רֵעֵ֑הוּ (rê·‘ê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

and says,
וְ֝אָמַ֗ר (wə·’ā·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I
אָֽנִי׃ (’ā·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

was only
הֲ‍ֽלֹא־ (hălō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

joking!”
מְשַׂחֵ֥ק (mə·śa·ḥêq)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7832: To laugh, to play

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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