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Also,גַּםto fineעֲנוֹשׁthe righteousלַצַּדִּיקis notלֹאgood,טוֹבor to strikeלְהַכּוֹתnoblesנְדִיבִיםforעַלtheir uprightness.יֹשֶׁר
Proverbs 17:26
Study it in the app“Also, to fine the righteous is not good, or to strike nobles for their uprightness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 17:26, word by word
- to fineעֲנוֹשׁanosh
fine
Fine: punish by making someone pay an amount.
Where else “anosh” appears- the righteousצַּדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- or to strikeהַכּוֹתhakot
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “hakot” appears- noblesנְדִיבִיםnedivim
noble
A man of rank who governs or decides; the prince of a people.
Where else “nedivim” appears- their uprightnessיֹשֶׁרyosher
uprightness
Uprightness: what is straight and right.
Where else “yosher” appears
The context
25A senseless son is vexation to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.
26 · This verse (above)
27Whoever holds back his sayings knows knowledge, and one cool of spirit is a man of insight.