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The wrathחֲמַתof a kingמֶלֶךְis messengersמַלְאֲכֵיof death,מָוֶתbut a wiseחָכָםmanוְאִישׁwill appease it.יְכַפְּרֶנָּה
Proverbs 16:14
Study it in the app“The wrath of a king is messengers of death, but a wise man will appease it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 16:14, word by word
- The wrathחֲמַתchamat
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamat” appears- of a kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- is messengersמַלְאֲכֵיmalache
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malache” appears- of deathמָוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- but a wiseחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- will appease itיְכַפְּרֶyechapre
appease
To calm someone, or cancel a covenant.
Where else “yechapre” appears
The context
13The pleasure of kings is lips of righteousness, and one who speaks what is upright he loves.
14 · This verse (above)
15In the light of the face of a king is life, and his favor is like a cloud of the late rain.