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A manאָדָםwho wandersתּוֹעֶהfrom the wayמִדֶּרֶךְof prudenceהַשְׂכֵּלwill restיָנוּחַin the assemblyבִּקְהַלof the shades.רְפָאִים
Proverbs 21:16
Study it in the app“A man who wanders from the way of prudence will rest in the assembly of the shades.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 21:16, word by word
- A manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- who wandersתּוֹעֶהtoe
wander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “toe” appears- from the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of prudenceהַשְׂכֵּלhaskel
act wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “haskel” appears- will restיָנוּחַyanuach
rest
To stay still and settle in a place.
Where else “yanuach” appears- in the assemblyקְהַלkehal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kehal” appears- of the shadesרְפָאִיםrefaim
shades, the dead
The shades: the dead who are in Sheol. Only plural. It is a different word, though spelled the same, from the one that names the ancient people of the Rephaim.
Where else “refaim” appears
The context
15It is joy for the righteous to do justice, but ruin for those who work wickedness.
16 · This verse (above)
17A man of want is whoever loves joy; whoever loves wine and oil will not grow rich.