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The wealthהוֹןof the rich manעָשִׁירis his strongעֻזּוֹcity;קִרְיַתthe ruinמְחִתַּתof the poorדַּלִּיםis their poverty.רֵישָׁם
Proverbs 10:15
Study it in the app“The wealth of the rich man is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 10:15, word by word
- The wealthהוֹןhon
wealth
What someone owns in money, land and livestock; his fortune.
Where else “hon” appears- of the rich manעָשִׁירashir
rich
Rich.
Where else “ashir” appears- is his strongעֻזּuz
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “uz” appears- cityקִרְיַתkiryat
town, city
Town: a poetic way of saying "city."
Where else “kiryat” appears- the ruinמְחִתַּתmechitat
ruin
The end that overtakes whoever sinks: the fall and the disaster.
Where else “mechitat” appears- of the poorדַּלִּיםdalim
poor, weak
Poor, weak: one who has little and little strength to defend himself.
Where else “dalim” appears- is their povertyרֵישָׁresha
poverty
Poverty, lack of what is needed.
Where else “resha” appears
The context
14The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool is ruin close at hand.
15 · This verse (above)
16The wages of the righteous lead to life; the yield of the wicked, to sin.