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There isיֵשׁa wayדֶּרֶךְthat is rightיָשָׁרbeforeלִפְנֵיa man,אִישׁbut its endוְאַחֲרִיתָהּis the waysדַּרְכֵיof death.מָוֶת
Proverbs 16:25
Study it in the app“There is a way that is right before a man, but its end is the ways of death.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 16:25, word by word
- a wayדֶּרֶךְderech
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derech” appears- that is rightיָשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- but its endאַחֲרִיתָacharita
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharita” appears- of deathמָוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears
The context
24A honeycomb are pleasant sayings, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
25 · This verse (above)
26The appetite of the laborer labors for him, for his mouth urges him on.