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Betterטוֹבto liveשֶׁבֶתin a landבְּאֶרֶץof wildernessמִדְבָּרthan with a womanמֵאֵשֶׁתof quarrelsמִדְיָנִיםand vexation.וָכָעַס
Proverbs 21:19
Study it in the app“Better to live in a land of wilderness than with a woman of quarrels and vexation.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 21:19, word by word
- Betterטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- to liveשֶׁבֶתshevet
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shevet” appears- in a landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- than with a womanאֵשֶׁתeshet
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “eshet” appears- of quarrelsמִדְיָנִיםmidyanim
strife, quarrel
Strife, a dispute (another form of the word for "strife").
Where else “midyanim” appears- and vexationכָעַסchaas
provocation
What makes someone angry, above all what enrages God.
Where else “chaas” appears
The context
18A ransom for the righteous is the wicked, and in place of the upright, the treacherous.
19 · This verse (above)
20Desirable treasure and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a senseless man swallows it up.