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One who revealsגּוֹלֶהa secretסּוֹדgoes aboutהוֹלֵךְas a gossip,רָכִילso with one who opensוּלְפֹתֶהhis lipsשְׂפָתָיוdo notלֹאmix.תִתְעָרָב
Proverbs 20:19
Study it in the app“One who reveals a secret goes about as a gossip, so with one who opens his lips do not mix.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 20:19, word by word
- One who revealsגּוֹלֶהgole
reveal
To make known, show openly.
Where else “gole” appears- a secretסּוֹדsod
secret
What someone entrusts to another to keep.
Where else “sod” appears- goes aboutהוֹלֵךְholech
roam
To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.
Where else “holech” appears- as a gossipרָכִילrachil
slanderer
Gossip, slander; one who goes about telling things about others.
Where else “rachil” appears- so with one who opensפֹתֶהfote
be simple
To be naive, easy to fool.
Where else “fote” appears- his lipsשְׂפָתָיsefatay
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatay” appears- mixתִתְעָרָבtitarav
mingle
To mingle with others until one is no longer distinct.
Where else “titarav” appears
The context
18Plans are established by counsel, and with guidance make war.
19 · This verse (above)
20Whoever curses his father and his mother, his lamp will go out in the blackness of darkness.