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The blessingבִּרְכַּתof YHWH,יְהוָהitהִיאmakes rich,תַעֲשִׁירandוְit does notלֹאaddיוֹסִףwearinessעֶצֶבwith it.עִמָּהּ
Proverbs 10:22
Study it in the app“The blessing of YHWH, it makes rich, and it does not add weariness with it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 10:22, word by word
- The blessingבִּרְכַּתbirkat
blessing
The good God gives, or words asking for it.
Where else “birkat” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- makes richתַעֲשִׁירtaashir
make rich, become rich
Make rich; grow rich.
Where else “taashir” appears- addיוֹסִףyosif
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yosif” appears- wearinessעֶצֶבetsev
pain
Suffering, labor; a wounding word.
Where else “etsev” appears
Translation note
The second line can also be understood: “and weariness adds nothing to it.”
The context
21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
22 · This verse (above)
23Like sport to the senseless one is doing infamy, and wisdom to a man of insight.