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To doעֲשֹׂהrighteousnessצְדָקָהand justiceוּמִשְׁפָּטis preferredנִבְחָרby YHWHלַיהוָהover sacrifice.מִזָּבַח
Proverbs 21:3
Study it in the app“To do righteousness and justice is preferred by YHWH over sacrifice.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 21:3, word by word
- To doעֲשֹׂהaso
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “aso” appears- righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appears- and justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- is preferredנִבְחָרnivchar
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “nivchar” appears- by YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- over sacrificeזָּבַחzavach
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zavach” appears
The context
2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but YHWH weighs hearts.
3 · This verse (above)
4Haughty eyes and a broad heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.