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In a multitudeבְּרֹבof wordsדְּבָרִיםtransgressionפָּשַׁעis notלֹאlacking,יֶחְדַּלbutוְhe who restrainsחֹשֵׂךְhis lipsשְׂפָתָיוis prudent.מַשְׂכִּיל
Proverbs 10:19
Study it in the app“In a multitude of words transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.”
Where words are many, wrong is not lacking; holding back is wiseThe Tongue
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 10:19, word by word
- In a multitudeרֹבrov
abundance
A great amount, so large that it is not measured.
Where else “rov” appears- of wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- transgressionפָּשַׁעpasha
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pasha” appears- lackingיֶחְדַּלyechdal
cease, stop
Stop doing something, cease; leave off.
Where else “yechdal” appears- he who restrainsחֹשֵׂךְchosech
restrain
To curb something, like the tongue, or stop someone.
Where else “chosech” appears- his lipsשְׂפָתָיsefatay
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatay” appears- is prudentמַשְׂכִּילmaskil
act wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “maskil” appears
The context
18He who conceals hatred has lips of falsehood, and he who spreads slander is senseless.
19 · This verse (above)
20Choice silver is the tongue of the righteous; the heart of the wicked is worth little.