Proverbs 2:21

“For the upright will dwell in the land, and the blameless will remain in it;”

Proverbs 2:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Proverbs 2:21, word by word

the uprightיְשָׁרִיםyesharim

upright

Acting well before YHWH, without bending.

Where else “yesharim” appears
will dwell inיִשְׁכְּנוּyishknu

dwell

To live somewhere, stay.

Where else “yishknu” appears
the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
the blamelessתְמִימִיםtemimim

blameless

Without reproach, whole, like Noah.

Where else “temimim” appears
will remainיִוָּתְרוּyivatru

be left

For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.

Where else “yivatru” appears

The context

20so that you may walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.

21 · This verse (above)

22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

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