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A wordדְּבַרof falsehoodשֶׁקֶרthe righteousצַדִּיקhates,יִשְׂנָאbut the wickedוְרָשָׁעcauses a stenchיַבְאִישׁand brings reproach.וְיַחְפִּיר
Proverbs 13:5
Study it in the app“A word of falsehood the righteous hates, but the wicked causes a stench and brings reproach.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 13:5, word by word
- A wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of falsehoodשֶׁקֶרsheker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “sheker” appears- the righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- hatesיִשְׂנָאyisna
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “yisna” appears- but the wickedרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears- causes a stenchיַבְאִישׁyavish
stink
To give off a bad smell, like what rots or is fouled.
Where else “yavish” appears- and brings reproachיַחְפִּירyachpir
be ashamed, be disappointed
To blush, to be embarrassed or disappointed, to feel shame over something that went wrong.
Where else “yachpir” appears
The context
4The soul of the sluggard craves, and there is nothing; but the soul of the diligent will be filled to the full.
5 · This verse (above)
6Righteousness guards the one blameless in his way, but wickedness perverts the sinner.