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The pathאֹרַחof lifeחַיִּיםleads upwardלְמַעְלָהfor the prudent,לְמַשְׂכִּילso thatלְמַעַןhe may turn awayסוּרfrom Sheolמִשְּׁאוֹלbelow.מָטָּה
Proverbs 15:24
Study it in the app“The path of life leads upward for the prudent, so that he may turn away from Sheol below.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 15:24, word by word
- The pathאֹרַחorach
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “orach” appears- of lifeחַיִּיםchayim
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayim” appears- leads upwardמַעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- for the prudentמַשְׂכִּילmaskil
act wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “maskil” appears- he may turn awayסוּרsur
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sur” appears- from Sheolשְּׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- belowמָטָּהmata
below, downward
Below, downward, beneath.
Where else “mata” appears
The context
23A man has joy in the answer of his mouth, and a word in its time, how good!
24 · This verse (above)
25The house of the proud YHWH will tear down, but he will set firm the boundary of the widow.