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Whoever troublesעוֹכֵרhis householdבֵּיתוֹwill inheritיִנְחַלwind,רוּחַand the foolוְ אֱוִילwill be a slaveעֶבֶדto the wiseלַחֲכַםof heart.לֵב
Proverbs 11:29
Study it in the app“Whoever troubles his household will inherit wind, and the fool will be a slave to the wise of heart.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 11:29, word by word
- Whoever troublesעוֹכֵרocher
trouble
Bring trouble or disaster on someone; stir up.
Where else “ocher” appears- his householdבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- will inheritיִנְחַלyinchal
inherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “yinchal” appears- windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- and the foolאֱוִילevil
fool
A fool: one who will not learn or accept correction. It does not speak of a lack of intelligence but of an attitude toward life and toward God.
Where else “evil” appears- will be a slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- to the wiseחֲכַםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- of heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears
The context
28Whoever trusts in his riches, he will fall, but like foliage the righteous will flourish.
29 · This verse (above)
30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and one who wins souls is wise.