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Also,גַּםone who is slackמִתְרַפֶּהin his workבִמְלַאכְתּוֹis a brotherאָחheהוּאto the one who destroys.לְבַעַל מַשְׁחִית
Proverbs 18:9
Study it in the app“Also, one who is slack in his work is a brother he to the one who destroys.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 18:9, word by word
- one who is slackמִתְרַפֶּהmitrape
be lazy
Unwilling to work.
Where else “mitrape” appears- in his workמְלַאכְתּmelacht
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacht” appears- is a brotherאָחach
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ach” appears- to the one who destroysבַעַלvaal
one having
Literally "lord of": one marked by something, like the "lord of dreams", a dreamer.
Where else “vaal” appears- to the one who destroysמַשְׁחִיתmashchit
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “mashchit” appears
The context
8The words of a grumbler are like delicious morsels, and they go down into the inner rooms of the belly.
9 · This verse (above)
10A tower of strength is the name of YHWH; into it the righteous runs and is set on high.