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The wayדֶּרֶךְof the sluggardעָצֵלis like a hedgeכִּמְשֻׂכַתof thorns,חָדֶקbut the pathוְאֹרַחof the uprightיְשָׁרִיםis a highway.סְלֻלָה
Proverbs 15:19
Study it in the app“The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 15:19, word by word
- The wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of the sluggardעָצֵלatsel
sluggard, lazy
Lazy, sluggish; the sluggard, one who will not work.
Where else “atsel” appears- is like a hedgeמְשֻׂכַתmesuchat
hedge
A hedge of thorn bushes.
Where else “mesuchat” appears- of thornsחָדֶקchadek
thorn, briar
A thorn bush, a plant with prickles.
Where else “chadek” appears- but the pathאֹרַחorach
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “orach” appears- of the uprightיְשָׁרִיםyesharim
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yesharim” appears- is a highwayסְלֻלָהselula
build up
To build up and level a road by clearing the stones.
Where else “selula” appears
The context
18A man of wrath stirs up strife, but one who is slow to anger calms a dispute.
19 · This verse (above)
20A wise son makes a father glad, but a senseless man despises his mother.