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Betterטוֹבis one lightly esteemedנִקְלֶהwho has a slaveוְעֶבֶד לוֹthan one who acts importantמִמְּתַכַּבֵּדand lacksוַחֲסַרbread.לָחֶם
Proverbs 12:9
Study it in the app“Better is one lightly esteemed who has a slave than one who acts important and lacks bread.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 12:9, word by word
- Betterטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- is one lightly esteemedנִקְלֶהnikle
be dishonored
Be held lightly, be treated with contempt or dishonor.
Where else “nikle” appears- who has a slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- than one who acts importantמְּתַכַּבֵּדmetakabed
honor
Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.
Where else “metakabed” appears- and lacksחֲסַרchasar
lacking
Lacking something, wanting in. "Lacking heart" is one who has no sense.
Where else “chasar” appears- breadלָחֶםlachem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachem” appears
The context
8According to his prudence a man is praised, but one twisted of heart will be an object of contempt.
9 · This verse (above)
10The righteous knows the soul of his livestock, but the mercies of the wicked are cruel.