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A kingמֶלֶךְwho sitsיוֹשֵׁבonעַלthe throneכִּסֵּאof judgmentדִיןwinnowsמְזָרֶהwith his eyesבְעֵינָיוallכָּלevil.רָע
Proverbs 20:8
Study it in the app“A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows with his eyes all evil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 20:8, word by word
- A kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- who sitsיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshev” appears- the throneכִּסֵּאkise
throne
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kise” appears- of judgmentדִיןdin
judgment
What the judge decides.
Where else “din” appears- winnowsמְזָרֶהmezare
winnow
To toss grain in the air to remove the chaff.
Where else “mezare” appears- with his eyesעֵינָיenay
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enay” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears
The context
7One who walks in his integrity is righteous; happy are his sons after him.
8 · This verse (above)
9Who can say, “I have made clean my heart; I am pure from my sin”?