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A witnessעֵדof liesכְּזָבִיםwill perish,יֹאבֵדbutוְa manאִישׁwho listensשׁוֹמֵעַwill speakיְדַבֵּרforever.לָנֶצַח
Proverbs 21:28
Study it in the app“A witness of lies will perish, but a man who listens will speak forever.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 21:28, word by word
- A witnessעֵדed
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ed” appears- of liesכְּזָבִיםkezavim
lie, falsehood
A lie, falsehood: what is said or sought and is not true; also something that deceives because it promises and does not deliver.
Where else “kezavim” appears- will perishיֹאבֵדyoved
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “yoved” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who listensשׁוֹמֵעַshomea
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shomea” appears- will speakיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- foreverנֶצַחnetsach
forever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appears
The context
27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with infamy.
28 · This verse (above)
29A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright, he understands his way.