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A slackרְמִיָּהpalmכַףmakesעֹשֶׂהpoor,רָאשׁbutוְthe handיַדof the diligentחָרוּצִיםmakes rich.תַּעֲשִׁיר
Proverbs 10:4
Study it in the app“A slack palm makes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.”
The diligent hand enriches; sleeping through harvest brings shameWork and Rest
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 10:4, word by word
- A slackרְמִיָּהremiya
slackness
Laziness, doing things halfheartedly.
Where else “remiya” appears- palmכַףchaf
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “chaf” appears- makesעֹשֶׂהose
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ose” appears- poorרָאשׁrash
be poor
Be poor, lack possessions.
Where else “rash” appears- the handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of the diligentחָרוּצִיםcharutsim
diligent
Someone who works with effort and does not tire.
Where else “charutsim” appears- makes richתַּעֲשִׁירtaashir
make rich, become rich
Make rich; grow rich.
Where else “taashir” appears
The context
3YHWH will not let the soul of the righteous go hungry, but the craving of the wicked he pushes away.
4 · This verse (above)
5He who gathers in the summer is a prudent son; he who sleeps in the harvest is a son who brings shame.