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In allבְּכָלtoilעֶצֶבthere isיִהְיֶהprofit,מוֹתָרbut the talkוּדְבַרof the lipsשְׂפָתַיִםleads onlyאַךְto need.לְמַחְסוֹר
Proverbs 14:23
Study it in the app“In all toil there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to need.”
In all labor there is profitWork and Rest
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 14:23, word by word
- toilעֶצֶבetsev
pain
Suffering, labor; a wounding word.
Where else “etsev” appears- there isיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- profitמוֹתָרmotar
gain, profit
Gain, profit; what is left after the work.
Where else “motar” appears- but the talkדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of the lipsשְׂפָתַיִםsefatayim
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatayim” appears- to needמַחְסוֹרmachsor
need, lack
Need, lack: what someone is missing.
Where else “machsor” appears
The context
22Do not those who plot evil go astray? But loyal love and faithfulness are for those who plot good.
23 · This verse (above)
24The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of the senseless is folly.