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The favorרְצוֹןof a kingמֶלֶךְis toward a prudentלְ מַשְׂכִּילslave,עֶבֶדbut his furyוְעֶבְרָתוֹwill beתִּהְיֶהon the one who brings shame.מֵבִישׁ
Proverbs 14:35
Study it in the app“The favor of a king is toward a prudent slave, but his fury will be on the one who brings shame.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 14:35, word by word
- The favorרְצוֹןretson
favor
The goodwill with which one looks on another.
Where else “retson” appears- of a kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- is toward a prudentמַשְׂכִּילmaskil
act wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “maskil” appears- slaveעֶבֶדeved
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “eved” appears- but his furyעֶבְרָתevrat
fury
Overflowing rage, fury.
Where else “evrat” appears- will beתִּהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- on the one who brings shameמֵבִישׁmevish
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “mevish” appears
The context
34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to peoples.
35 · This verse (above)