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A softרַּךְanswerמַעֲנֶהturns backיָשִׁיבwrath,חֵמָהbut a hurtfulעֶצֶבwordוּדְבַרstirs upיַעֲלֶהanger.אָף
Proverbs 15:1
Study it in the app“A soft answer turns back wrath, but a hurtful word stirs up anger.”
A gentle answer turns away fury; a hurtful word stirs up angerThe TongueA gentle answer turns away fury; a harsh word stirs up angerConflict and Reconciliation
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 15:1, word by word
- A softרַּךְrach
gentle
Gentle and without harshness, said of words.
Where else “rach” appears- answerמַעֲנֶהmaane
answer
What is said in answer to a question or an accusation.
Where else “maane” appears- turns backיָשִׁיבyashiv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashiv” appears- wrathחֵמָהchema
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chema” appears- but a hurtfulעֶצֶבetsev
pain
Suffering, labor; a wounding word.
Where else “etsev” appears- wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- stirs upיַעֲלֶהyaale
rise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “yaale” appears- angerאָףaf
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “af” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2The tongue of the wise makes knowledge good, but the mouth of the senseless pours out folly.