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Deepעֲמֻקִּיםwatersמַיִםis counselעֵצָהin the heartבְלֶבof a man,אִישׁbut a manוְאִישׁof insightתְּבוּנָהwill draw it out.יִדְלֶנָּה
Proverbs 20:5
Study it in the app“Deep waters is counsel in the heart of a man, but a man of insight will draw it out.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 20:5, word by word
- Deepעֲמֻקִּיםamukim
deep
Deep, sunken; figuratively, hard to understand.
Where else “amukim” appears- watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- is counselעֵצָהetsa
counsel
What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.
Where else “etsa” appears- in the heartלֶבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of insightתְּבוּנָהtevuna
understanding
Understanding: the ability to understand and to find the right way.
Where else “tevuna” appears- will draw it outיִדְלֶyidle
draw (water)
Draw water from a well; figuratively, draw up, lift out.
Where else “yidle” appears
The context
4From autumn the sluggard does not plow; he asks at the harvest, and there is nothing.
5 · This verse (above)
6Many men proclaim each his loyal love, but a man of faithfulness, who can find him?