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Evenגַּםby his deedsבְּמַעֲלָלָיוa youthנָעַרmakes himself known,יִתְנַכֶּרwhetherאִםcleanזַךְand whetherוְאִםuprightיָשָׁרis his work.פָּעֳלוֹ
Proverbs 20:11
Study it in the app“Even by his deeds a youth makes himself known, whether clean and whether upright is his work.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 20:11, word by word
- by his deedsמַעֲלָלָיmaalalay
deeds, doings
Deeds, doings; what someone does, good or bad.
Where else “maalalay” appears- a youthנָעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- makes himself knownיִתְנַכֶּרyitnaker
recognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “yitnaker” appears- cleanזַךְzach
pure
Pure, clean, unmixed.
Where else “zach” appears- uprightיָשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- is his workפָּעֳלpaol
deed
What someone does; what God accomplishes.
Where else “paol” appears
The context
10Weight and weight, ephah and ephah, an abomination to YHWH are both of them.
11 · This verse (above)
12The ear that hears and the eye that sees, YHWH has made both of them.