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A giftמַתָּןin secretבַּסֵּתֶרpacifiesיִכְפֶּהanger,אָףand a bribeוְשֹׁחַדin the bosom,בַּחֵקstrongעַזָּהwrath.חֵמָה
Proverbs 21:14
Study it in the app“A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 21:14, word by word
- A giftמַתָּןmatan
gift
Gift.
Where else “matan” appears- in secretסֵּתֶרseter
secret
What is kept hidden, out of the sight of others.
Where else “seter” appears- pacifiesיִכְפֶּהyichpe
pacify, subdue
To pacify, to calm; to bend down someone's anger.
Where else “yichpe” appears- angerאָףaf
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “af” appears- and a bribeשֹׁחַדshochad
bribe
Bribe: a gift given to a judge to twist his decision.
Where else “shochad” appears- in the bosomחֵקchek
bosom
The chest and arms, where one holds someone close.
Where else “chek” appears- strongעַזָּהaza
fierce
Hard and cruel, not to be softened or moved to pity.
Where else “aza” appears- wrathחֵמָהchema
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chema” appears
The context
13Whoever shuts his ear to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.
14 · This verse (above)
15It is joy for the righteous to do justice, but ruin for those who work wickedness.