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Forכִּיvexationכָּעַשׂkillsיַהֲרָגthe fool,לֶאֱוִילand jealousyקִנְאָהputs to deathתָּמִיתthe simple.וּפֹתֶה
Job 5:2
Study it in the app“For vexation kills the fool, and jealousy puts to death the simple.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 5:2, word by word
- vexationכָּעַשׂkaas
provocation
What makes someone angry, above all what enrages God.
Where else “kaas” appears- killsיַהֲרָגyaharag
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “yaharag” appears- the foolאֱוִילevil
fool
A fool: one who will not learn or accept correction. It does not speak of a lack of intelligence but of an attitude toward life and toward God.
Where else “evil” appears- and jealousyקִנְאָהkina
jealousy
A husband's burning that tolerates no rivals; so is YHWH with his people.
Where else “kina” appears- puts to deathתָּמִיתtamit
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamit” appears- the simpleפֹתֶהfote
be simple
To be naive, easy to fool.
Where else “fote” appears
The context
1Call, please; is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 · This verse (above)
3I have seen the fool taking root, and I cursed his dwelling suddenly.