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Whoever coversמְכַסֶּהa transgressionפֶּשַׁעseeksמְבַקֵּשׁlove,אַהֲבָהbut whoever repeatsוְשֹׁנֶהa matterבְדָבָרseparatesמַפְרִידclose friends.אַלּוּף
Proverbs 17:9
Study it in the app“Whoever covers a transgression seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.”
Covering a fault seeks love; repeating it separates friendsFriendship
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 17:9, word by word
- Whoever coversמְכַסֶּהmechase
conceal
To keep something secret, or forgive a wrong.
Where else “mechase” appears- a transgressionפֶּשַׁעpesha
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pesha” appears- seeksמְבַקֵּשׁmevakesh
try to get
To try to get something.
Where else “mevakesh” appears- loveאַהֲבָהahava
love
Love: the affection that joins one person to another; also the love of YHWH for his people.
Where else “ahava” appears- but whoever repeatsשֹׁנֶהshone
repeat
To do or say something again, a second time.
Where else “shone” appears- a matterדָבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- separatesמַפְרִידmafrid
divide
To separate others, divide.
Where else “mafrid” appears- close friendsאַלּוּףaluf
companion
A close friend, the companion one grew up with and trusts.
Where else “aluf” appears
The context
8A stone of favor is a bribe in the eyes of its owner; wherever he turns, he prospers.
9 · This verse (above)
10A rebuke goes deeper into the discerning than a hundred blows into the senseless.