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from those who abandonהַעֹזְבִיםthe pathsאָרְחוֹתof uprightnessיֹשֶׁרto walkלָלֶכֶתin the waysבְּדַרְכֵיof darkness,חֹשֶׁךְ
Proverbs 2:13
Study it in the app“from those who abandon the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 2:13, word by word
- from those who abandonעֹזְבִיםozvim
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “ozvim” appears- the pathsאָרְחוֹתarchot
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “archot” appears- of uprightnessיֹשֶׁרyosher
uprightness
Uprightness: what is straight and right.
Where else “yosher” appears- to walkלֶכֶתlechet
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lechet” appears- in the waysדַרְכֵיdarche
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darche” appears- of darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears
The context
12to rescue you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversities,
13 · This verse (above)
14who rejoice in doing evil, and exult in the perversities of evil,