Study it in the app“Who is wise, and let him understand these things? Who is discerning, and let him know them? For the ways of YHWH are upright, and the righteous walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.”
Whoמִיis wise,חָכָםand let him understandוְיָבֵןthese things?אֵלֶּהWho is discerning,נָבוֹןand let him know them?וְיֵדָעֵםForכִּיthe waysדַּרְכֵיof YHWHיְהוָהare upright,יְשָׁרִיםand the righteousוְצַדִּקִיםwalkיֵלְכוּin them,בָםbut transgressorsוּפֹשְׁעִיםstumbleיִכָּשְׁלוּin them.בָם
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appearsunderstand
To understand, realize.
Where else “yaven” appearsknow a person
To know someone.
Where else “yedae” appearsways of YHWH
YHWH's ways: what he does and commands.
Where else “darche” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsupright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yesharim” appearsrighteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadikim” appearswalk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “yelchu” appearstransgress
To break with God and his law.
Where else “foshim” appearsstumble
To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.
Where else “yikashlu” appears8Ephraim: “What have I to do any longer with idols?” I answer and watch over him; I am like a cypress that is green; from me your fruit is found.
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