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The fruitפְּרִיof the righteousצַדִּיקis a treeעֵץof life,חַיִּיםand one who winsוְלֹקֵחַsoulsנְפָשׂוֹתis wise.חָכָם
Proverbs 11:30
Study it in the app“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and one who wins souls is wise.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 11:30, word by word
- The fruitפְּרִיperi
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “peri” appears- of the righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- is a treeעֵץets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- of lifeחַיִּיםchayim
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayim” appears- and one who winsלֹקֵחַlokeach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lokeach” appears- soulsנְפָשׂוֹתnefasot
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefasot” appears- is wiseחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears
Translation note
“One who wins souls”: in Hebrew, “one who takes souls”; it can be understood that the wise person draws others to life.
The context
29Whoever troubles his household will inherit wind, and the fool will be a slave to the wise of heart.
30 · This verse (above)
31Look, the righteous is repaid on the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!