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An inheritanceנַחֲלָהgained in hasteמְבֹהֶלֶתat the beginning,בָּרִאשֹׁנָהits endוְאַחֲרִיתָהּwill notלֹאbe blessed.תְבֹרָךְ
Proverbs 20:21
Study it in the app“An inheritance gained in haste at the beginning, its end will not be blessed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 20:21, word by word
- An inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears- gained in hasteמְבֹהֶלֶתmevohelet
hurry
To move with haste, sometimes without thinking.
Where else “mevohelet” appears- at the beginningרִאשֹׁנָהrishona
former
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishona” appears- its endאַחֲרִיתָacharita
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharita” appears- be blessedתְבֹרָךְtevorach
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “tevorach” appears
The context
20Whoever curses his father and his mother, his lamp will go out in the blackness of darkness.
21 · This verse (above)
22Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for YHWH, and he will save you.