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The cravingתַּאֲוַתof the sluggardעָצֵלwill kill him,תְּמִיתֶנּוּforכִּיhis handsיָדָיוrefuseמֵאֲנוּto work.לַעֲשׂוֹת
Proverbs 21:25
Study it in the app“The craving of the sluggard will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 21:25, word by word
- The cravingתַּאֲוַתtaavat
desire
A strong longing, good or bad.
Where else “taavat” appears- of the sluggardעָצֵלatsel
sluggard, lazy
Lazy, sluggish; the sluggard, one who will not work.
Where else “atsel” appears- will kill himתְּמִיתֶtemite
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “temite” appears- his handsיָדָיyaday
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yaday” appears- refuseמֵאֲנוּmeanu
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meanu” appears- to workעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears
The context
24Insolent, arrogant, “scoffer” is his name, who acts with the fury of insolence.
25 · This verse (above)
26All day long he craves with craving, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.