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Lazinessעַצְלָהcastsתַּפִּילinto a deep sleep,תַּרְדֵּמָהand a slackרְמִיָּהsoulוְנֶפֶשׁwill go hungry.תִרְעָב
Proverbs 19:15
Study it in the app“Laziness casts into a deep sleep, and a slack soul will go hungry.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 19:15, word by word
- Lazinessעַצְלָהatsla
laziness
Laziness, idleness.
Where else “atsla” appears- castsתַּפִּילtapil
cast lots
To make fall; throw lots.
Where else “tapil” appears- into a deep sleepתַּרְדֵּמָהtardema
deep sleep
A very deep sleep, which in the Bible often comes from God.
Where else “tardema” appears- and a slackרְמִיָּהremiya
slackness
Laziness, doing things halfheartedly.
Where else “remiya” appears- soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh
appetite
Hunger or craving; the throat.
Where else “nefesh” appears- will go hungryתִרְעָבtirav
be hungry
Be hungry.
Where else “tirav” appears
The context
14House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, but from YHWH comes a prudent wife.
15 · This verse (above)
16Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his soul; whoever despises his ways will die.