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So areכֵּןthe pathsאָרְחוֹתof everyoneכָּלgreedyבֹּצֵעַfor unjust gain:בָּצַעit takes awayיִקָּחthe soulאֶת נֶפֶשׁof its owners.בְּעָלָיו
Proverbs 1:19
Study it in the app“So are the paths of everyone greedy for unjust gain: it takes away the soul of its owners.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 1:19, word by word
- the pathsאָרְחוֹתarchot
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “archot” appears- greedyבֹּצֵעַbotsea
gain
To make gain by abuse, rob.
Where else “botsea” appears- for unjust gainבָּצַעbatsa
gain, profit
Gain, profit; often gain got by wrongdoing.
Where else “batsa” appears- it takes awayיִקָּחyikach
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “yikach” appears- the soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appears- of its ownersבְּעָלָיbealay
owner
One who owns something and answers for it: a house, an ox, a field.
Where else “bealay” appears
The context
18And they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own souls.
19 · This verse (above)
20Wisdom cries aloud in the street; in the squares she raises her voice.