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Everyכָּלwayדֶּרֶךְof a manאִישׁis rightיָשָׁרin his own eyes,בְּעֵינָיוbut YHWHוְ יְהוָהweighsתֹכֵןhearts.לִבּוֹת
Proverbs 21:2
Study it in the app“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but YHWH weighs hearts.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 21:2, word by word
- wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- is rightיָשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- in his own eyesעֵינָיenay
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enay” appears- but YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- weighsתֹכֵןtochen
weigh
YHWH tests hearts as on a scale.
Where else “tochen” appears- heartsלִבּוֹתlibot
heart
Heart (another form of the same word): the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “libot” appears
The context
1Streams of water is the heart of the king in the hand of YHWH; he turns it to whatever he wishes.
2 · This verse (above)
3To do righteousness and justice is preferred by YHWH over sacrifice.