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A manאָדָםis notלֹאestablishedיִכּוֹןby wickedness,בְּרֶשַׁעbut the rootוְשֹׁרֶשׁof the righteousצַדִּיקִיםwill notבַּלbe moved.יִמּוֹט
Proverbs 12:3
Study it in the app“A man is not established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 12:3, word by word
- A manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- establishedיִכּוֹןyikon
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “yikon” appears- by wickednessרֶשַׁעresha
wickedness
Wickedness: what is unjust and evil.
Where else “resha” appears- but the rootשֹׁרֶשׁshoresh
shoot
What gives rise to something; a shoot from a stock, like a descendant of Jesse.
Where else “shoresh” appears- of the righteousצַדִּיקִיםtsadikim
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadikim” appears- will notבַּלbal
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appears- be movedיִמּוֹטyimot
totter, slip
Totter, slip, lose one's footing.
Where else “yimot” appears
The context
2The good man obtains favor from YHWH, but a man of schemes he declares wicked.
3 · This verse (above)
4A woman of worth is the crown of her husband, but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.