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The righteousצַדִּיקknowsיוֹדֵעַthe soulנֶפֶשׁof his livestock,בְּהֶמְתּוֹbut the merciesוְרַחֲמֵיof the wickedרְשָׁעִיםare cruel.אַכְזָרִי
Proverbs 12:10
Study it in the app“The righteous knows the soul of his livestock, but the mercies of the wicked are cruel.”
The righteous person knows the soul of his animalCreation
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 12:10, word by word
- The righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- knowsיוֹדֵעַyodea
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodea” appears- the soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appears- of his livestockבְּהֶמְתּbehemt
livestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behemt” appears- but the merciesרַחֲמֵיrachame
compassion
A deep tenderness, like a mother's.
Where else “rachame” appears- of the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- are cruelאַכְזָרִיachzari
cruel
Cruel, merciless; someone without compassion.
Where else “achzari” appears
The context
9Better is one lightly esteemed who has a slave than one who acts important and lacks bread.
10 · This verse (above)
11Whoever works his ground will be satisfied with bread, but whoever pursues empty things is lacking in sense.