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One who goes aboutהוֹלֵךְas a gossipרָכִילrevealsמְגַלֶּהa secret,סּוֹדbut one who is faithfulוְנֶאֱמַןin spiritרוּחַcoversמְכַסֶּהa matter.דָבָר
Proverbs 11:13
Study it in the app“One who goes about as a gossip reveals a secret, but one who is faithful in spirit covers a matter.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 11:13, word by word
- One who goes aboutהוֹלֵךְholech
roam
To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.
Where else “holech” appears- as a gossipרָכִילrachil
slanderer
Gossip, slander; one who goes about telling things about others.
Where else “rachil” appears- revealsמְגַלֶּהmegale
reveal
To make known, show openly.
Where else “megale” appears- a secretסּוֹדsod
secret
What someone entrusts to another to keep.
Where else “sod” appears- but one who is faithfulנֶאֱמַןneeman
be firm
To be dependable, steady, never failing.
Where else “neeman” appears- in spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- coversמְכַסֶּהmechase
conceal
To keep something secret, or forgive a wrong.
Where else “mechase” appears- a matterדָבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears
The context
12Whoever despises his neighbor is lacking in sense, but a man of insight keeps silent.
13 · This verse (above)
14Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but there is salvation in an abundance of counselors.