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The heartלֵבof the righteousצַדִּיקpondersיֶהְגֶּהhow to answer,לַעֲנוֹתbut the mouthוּפִיof the wickedרְשָׁעִיםpours outיַבִּיעַevil things.רָעוֹת
Proverbs 15:28
Study it in the app“The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.”
The righteous heart thinks before answeringThe Tongue
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 15:28, word by word
- The heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of the righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- pondersיֶהְגֶּהyehge
meditate
To think over something again and again, like YHWH's law.
Where else “yehge” appears- how to answerעֲנוֹתanot
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “anot” appears- but the mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- of the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- pours outיַבִּיעַyabia
pour out
To gush, like words or praise.
Where else “yabia” appears- evil thingsרָעוֹתraot
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raot” appears
The context
27Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his household, but whoever hates gifts will live.
28 · This verse (above)
29YHWH is far from the wicked, but the prayer of the righteous he hears.