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Allכָּלthe waysדַּרְכֵיof a manאִישׁare cleanזַךְin his eyes,בְּעֵינָיוbut YHWHוְ יְהוָהweighsתֹכֵןthe spirits.רוּחוֹת
Proverbs 16:2
Study it in the app“All the ways of a man are clean in his eyes, but YHWH weighs the spirits.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 16:2, word by word
- the waysדַּרְכֵיdarche
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darche” appears- of a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- are cleanזַךְzach
pure
Pure, clean, unmixed.
Where else “zach” appears- in his eyesעֵינָיenay
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enay” appears- but 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- weighsתֹכֵןtochen
weigh
YHWH tests hearts as on a scale.
Where else “tochen” appears- the spiritsרוּחוֹתruchot
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruchot” appears
The context
1To a man belong the preparations of the heart, but from YHWH comes the answer of the tongue.
2 · This verse (above)
3Commit to YHWH your works, and your thoughts will be established.