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There isיֵשׁone who scattersמְפַזֵּרand gainsוְנוֹסָףeven more,עוֹדand one who withholdsוְחוֹשֵׂךְmore than is rightמִיֹּשֶׁרcomes onlyאַךְto need.לְמַחְסוֹר
Proverbs 11:24
Study it in the app“There is one who scatters and gains even more, and one who withholds more than is right comes only to need.”
Whoever waters will also be wateredGenerosity and Money
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 11:24, word by word
- one who scattersמְפַזֵּרmefazer
scatter
To scatter, to disperse.
Where else “mefazer” appears- and gainsנוֹסָףnosaf
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “nosaf” appears- and one who withholdsחוֹשֵׂךְchosech
hold back
To refuse to give something and keep it for oneself.
Where else “chosech” appears- more than is rightיֹּשֶׁרyosher
uprightness
Uprightness: what is straight and right.
Where else “yosher” appears- to needמַחְסוֹרmachsor
need, lack
Need, lack: what someone is missing.
Where else “machsor” appears
The context
23The desire of the righteous is only good; the hope of the wicked is fury.
24 · This verse (above)
25A soul of blessing will be filled to the full, and one who waters will also himself be watered.