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Righteousnessצְדָקָהexaltsתְרוֹמֵםa nation,גּוֹיbutוְsinחַטָּאתis a disgraceחֶסֶדto peoples.לְאֻמִּים
Proverbs 14:34
Study it in the app“Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to peoples.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 14:34, word by word
- Righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appears- exaltsתְרוֹמֵםteromem
lift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “teromem” appears- a nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- sinחַטָּאתchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears- is a disgraceחֶסֶדchesed
disgrace
Another word spelled the same: something shameful.
Where else “chesed” appears- to peoplesלְאֻמִּיםleumim
people, nation
People, nation.
Where else “leumim” appears
Translation note
“Disgrace”: in Hebrew it is spelled the same as chesed (“loyal love”), but here it is another word, rarely used, which means “shame” (as in Leviticus 20:17).
The context
33In the heart of the discerning wisdom rests, and in the midst of the senseless it makes itself known.
34 · This verse (above)
35The favor of a king is toward a prudent slave, but his fury will be on the one who brings shame.