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Whenבְּa wickedרָשָׁעmanאָדָםdies,מוֹתhis hopeתִּקְוָהperishes,תֹּאבַדand the expectationוְתוֹחֶלֶתof vigorאוֹנִיםperishes.אָבָדָה
Proverbs 11:7
Study it in the app“When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the expectation of vigor perishes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 11:7, word by word
- a wickedרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears- manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- diesמוֹתmot
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appears- his hopeתִּקְוָהtikva
hope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikva” appears- perishesתֹּאבַדtovad
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “tovad” appears- and the expectationתוֹחֶלֶתtochelet
hope, expectation
Hope, what someone looks for.
Where else “tochelet” appears- of vigorאוֹנִיםonim
General meaning: Wickedness.
Where else “onim” appears
Translation note
“The expectation of vigor”: it can be understood as what he expected from his own strength. The Hebrew word can also be understood as “of the iniquitous.”
The context
6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but by the craving of the treacherous they will be caught.
7 · This verse (above)
8The righteous is delivered from distress, and the wicked comes in his place.