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Luxuryתַּעֲנוּגis notלֹאfittingנָאוֶהfor the senseless,לִכְסִילhow much lessאַף כִּיfor a slaveלְעֶבֶדto ruleמְשֹׁלover princes.בְּשָׂרִים
Proverbs 19:10
Study it in the app“Luxury is not fitting for the senseless, how much less for a slave to rule over princes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 19:10, word by word
- Luxuryתַּעֲנוּגtaanug
delight, luxury
Delight, luxury; living among comforts.
Where else “taanug” appears- fittingנָאוֶהnave
fitting
What suits someone, what fits him.
Where else “nave” appears- for the senselessכְסִילchesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “chesil” appears- for a slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- to ruleמְשֹׁלmeshol
rule
To hold sway over something or someone.
Where else “meshol” appears- over princesשָׂרִיםsarim
nobleman
Someone of high rank by family or office: a noble, a great lord.
Where else “sarim” appears
The context
9A witness of lies will not go unpunished, and whoever utters lies will perish.
10 · This verse (above)
11The prudence of a man makes him slow to anger, and his beauty is to pass over a transgression.