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Deepעֲמֻקִּיםwatersמַיִםare the wordsדִּבְרֵיof the mouthפִיof a man;אִישׁa flowingנֹבֵעַstream,נַחַלa fountainמְקוֹרof wisdom.חָכְמָה
Proverbs 18:4
Study it in the app“Deep waters are the words of the mouth of a man; a flowing stream, a fountain of wisdom.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 18:4, word by word
- Deepעֲמֻקִּיםamukim
deep
Deep, sunken; figuratively, hard to understand.
Where else “amukim” appears- watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- are the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of the mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- of a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- a flowingנֹבֵעַnovea
pour out
To gush, like words or praise.
Where else “novea” appears- streamנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- a fountainמְקוֹרmekor
spring
The place where water wells up, and so also the source of life.
Where else “mekor” appears- of wisdomחָכְמָהchachma
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appears
The context
3When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with disgrace, reproach.
4 · This verse (above)
5To favor the wicked is not good, so as to turn aside the righteous in judgment.