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Whoever worksעֹבֵדhis groundאַדְמָתוֹwill be satisfiedיִשְׂבַּעwith bread,לָחֶםbut whoever pursuesוּמְרַדֵּףempty thingsרֵיקִיםis lackingחֲסַרin sense.לֵב
Proverbs 12:11
Study it in the app“Whoever works his ground will be satisfied with bread, but whoever pursues empty things is lacking in sense.”
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With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 12:11, word by word
- Whoever worksעֹבֵדoved
work
To toil, till the land.
Where else “oved” appears- his groundאַדְמָתadmat
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admat” appears- will be satisfiedיִשְׂבַּעyisba
be satisfied
To eat until one wants no more.
Where else “yisba” appears- with breadלָחֶםlachem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachem” appears- but whoever pursuesמְרַדֵּףmeradef
seek
To pursue something eagerly, like peace.
Where else “meradef” appears- empty thingsרֵיקִיםrekim
empty
Empty; figuratively, worthless, idle.
Where else “rekim” appears- is lackingחֲסַרchasar
lacking
Lacking something, wanting in. "Lacking heart" is one who has no sense.
Where else “chasar” appears- in senseלֵבlev
mind
The mind: "lacking heart" means foolish.
Where else “lev” appears
The context
10The righteous knows the soul of his livestock, but the mercies of the wicked are cruel.
11 · This verse (above)
12The wicked desires the net of evil men, but the root of the righteous gives fruit.