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The lifeחַיֵּיof the fleshבְשָׂרִיםis a calmמַרְפֵּאheart,לֵבbut rotוּרְקַבof the bonesעֲצָמוֹתis envy.קִנְאָה
Proverbs 14:30
Study it in the app“The life of the flesh is a calm heart, but rot of the bones is envy.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 14:30, word by word
- The lifeחַיֵּיchaye
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaye” appears- of the fleshבְשָׂרִיםvesarim
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “vesarim” appears- is a calmמַרְפֵּאmarpe
calm
A gentle calm that heals, like that of a mild tongue.
Where else “marpe” appears- heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- but rotרְקַבrekav
rottenness
Rottenness, something decayed or worm-eaten.
Where else “rekav” appears- of the bonesעֲצָמוֹתatsamot
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsamot” appears- is envyקִנְאָהkina
envy
To want bitterly what another has or is.
Where else “kina” appears
The context
29One who is slow to anger is great in insight, but one who is short of spirit exalts folly.
30 · This verse (above)
31Whoever oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him.