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A ransomכֹּפֶרfor the righteousלַצַּדִּיקis the wicked,רָשָׁעand in placeוְתַחַתof the upright,יְשָׁרִיםthe treacherous.בּוֹגֵד
Proverbs 21:18
Study it in the app“A ransom for the righteous is the wicked, and in place of the upright, the treacherous.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 21:18, word by word
- A ransomכֹּפֶרkofer
ransom
What is paid for a life.
Where else “kofer” appears- for the righteousצַּדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- is the wickedרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears- of the uprightיְשָׁרִיםyesharim
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yesharim” appears- the treacherousבּוֹגֵדboged
act treacherously
Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.
Where else “boged” appears
The context
17A man of want is whoever loves joy; whoever loves wine and oil will not grow rich.
18 · This verse (above)
19Better to live in a land of wilderness than with a woman of quarrels and vexation.