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In everyבְּכָלplaceמָקוֹםare the eyesעֵינֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהwatchingצֹפוֹתthe evilרָעִיםand the good.וטוֹבִים
Proverbs 15:3
Study it in the app“In every place are the eyes of YHWH, watching the evil and the good.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 15:3, word by word
- placeמָקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- are the eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- watchingצֹפוֹתtsofot
watch
To watch closely what is coming or what is happening.
Where else “tsofot” appears- the evilרָעִיםraim
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raim” appears- and the goodטוֹבִיםtovim
what is right
What is right and just, which God approves, the opposite of evil.
Where else “tovim” appears
The context
2The tongue of the wise makes knowledge good, but the mouth of the senseless pours out folly.
3 · This verse (above)
4A calm tongue is a tree of life, but crookedness in it is a breaking of the spirit.