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A prudentמַשְׂכִּילslaveעֶבֶדwill ruleיִמְשֹׁלover a sonבְּבֵןwho brings shame,מֵבִישׁand in the midstוּבְתוֹךְof the brothersאַחִיםhe will shareיַחֲלֹקthe inheritance.נַחֲלָה
Proverbs 17:2
Study it in the app“A prudent slave will rule over a son who brings shame, and in the midst of the brothers he will share the inheritance.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 17:2, word by word
- A prudentמַשְׂכִּילmaskil
act wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “maskil” appears- slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- will ruleיִמְשֹׁלyimshol
rule
To hold sway over something or someone.
Where else “yimshol” appears- over a sonבֵןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- who brings shameמֵבִישׁmevish
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “mevish” appears- and in the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the brothersאַחִיםachim
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achim” appears- he will shareיַחֲלֹקyachalok
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “yachalok” appears- the inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears
The context
1Better is a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house full of sacrifices of strife.
2 · This verse (above)
3The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the one who tests hearts is YHWH.