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The handיַדof the diligentחָרוּצִיםwill rule,תִּמְשׁוֹל וbut slacknessרְמִיָּהwill beתִּהְיֶהfor forced labor.לָמַס
Proverbs 12:24
Study it in the app“The hand of the diligent will rule, but slackness will be for forced labor.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 12:24, word by word
- The handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of the diligentחָרוּצִיםcharutsim
diligent
Someone who works with effort and does not tire.
Where else “charutsim” appears- will ruleתִּמְשׁוֹלtimshol
rule
To hold sway over something or someone.
Where else “timshol” appears- but slacknessרְמִיָּהremiya
slackness
Laziness, doing things halfheartedly.
Where else “remiya” appears- will beתִּהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- for forced laborמַסmas
forced labor
Forced labor imposed on a subject people.
Where else “mas” appears
The context
23A shrewd man covers knowledge, but the heart of the senseless proclaims folly.
24 · This verse (above)
25Anxiety in the heart of a man weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad.