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The prudenceשֵׂכֶלof a manאָדָםmakes him slowהֶאֱרִיךְto anger,אַפּוֹand his beautyוְתִפאַרְתּוֹis to passעֲבֹרoverעַלa transgression.פָּשַׁע
Proverbs 19:11
Study it in the app“The prudence of a man makes him slow to anger, and his beauty is to pass over a transgression.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 19:11, word by word
- The prudenceשֵׂכֶלsechel
insight
The sense to act well.
Where else “sechel” appears- of a manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- makes him slowהֶאֱרִיךְheerich
be long, prolong
Be long, last long; prolong.
Where else “heerich” appears- to angerאַפּap
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “ap” appears- and his beautyתִפאַרְתּtifart
beauty
Beauty and splendor seen in something or someone.
Where else “tifart” appears- is to passעֲבֹרavor
pass over
To pass, be gone; "pass over" a wrong is to forgive it.
Where else “avor” appears- a transgressionפָּשַׁעpasha
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pasha” appears
The context
10Luxury is not fitting for the senseless, how much less for a slave to rule over princes.
11 · This verse (above)
12Like the roar of a young lion is the rage of a king, but like dew on the grass is his favor.