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The righteous oneצַדִּיקwill neverלְעוֹלָם בַּלbe moved,יִמּוֹטbutוּthe wickedרְשָׁעִיםwill notלֹאdwell inיִשְׁכְּנוּthe land.אָרֶץ
Proverbs 10:30
Study it in the app“The righteous one will never be moved, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 10:30, word by word
- The righteous oneצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- will neverעוֹלָםolam
never
With "not": at no time.
Where else “olam” appears- will neverבַּלbal
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appears- be movedיִמּוֹטyimot
totter, slip
Totter, slip, lose one's footing.
Where else “yimot” appears- the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- dwell inיִשְׁכְּנוּyishknu
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “yishknu” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
29A stronghold for integrity is the way of YHWH, but ruin for those who do wickedness.
30 · This verse (above)
31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the tongue of perversities will be cut off.