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It is an honorכָּבוֹדfor a manלָאִישׁto keep awayשֶׁבֶתfrom a dispute,מֵרִיבbut everyוְכָלfoolאֱוִילbreaks out.יִתְגַּלָּע
Proverbs 20:3
Study it in the app“It is an honor for a man to keep away from a dispute, but every fool breaks out.”
It is an honor to step back from a quarrel; the fool bursts outConflict and Reconciliation
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 20:3, word by word
- It is an honorכָּבוֹדkavod
honor
Literally "weight": respect, good name; or one's inner self.
Where else “kavod” appears- for a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- to keep awayשֶׁבֶתshevet
keep away
To leave off something, stay far from it.
Where else “shevet” appears- from a disputeרִיבriv
case
A matter brought before the judge.
Where else “riv” appears- foolאֱוִילevil
fool
A fool: one who will not learn or accept correction. It does not speak of a lack of intelligence but of an attitude toward life and toward God.
Where else “evil” appears- breaks outיִתְגַּלָּעyitgala
break out, quarrel
To break out (a quarrel); to be obstinate, to meddle.
Where else “yitgala” appears
The context
2Like the roar of a young lion is the terror of a king; whoever angers him sins against his soul.
3 · This verse (above)
4From autumn the sluggard does not plow; he asks at the harvest, and there is nothing.