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Betterטוֹבto liveלָשֶׁבֶתon a cornerעַל פִּנַּתof the roofגָּגthan with a womanמֵאֵשֶׁתof quarrelsמִדְיָנִיםin a sharedחָבֶרhouse.וּבֵית
Proverbs 21:9
Study it in the app“Better to live on a corner of the roof than with a woman of quarrels in a shared house.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 21:9, 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- on a cornerפִּנַּתpinat
corner
The angle of a building; the main stone holding it.
Where else “pinat” appears- of the roofגָּגgag
roof, top
Roof, the flat top of a house; the top of something.
Where else “gag” 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- in a sharedחָבֶרchaver
company
A band of people joined together, or a house shared with others.
Where else “chaver” appears- houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears
The context
8Twisted is the way of a guilty man, but the pure, upright is his work.
9 · This verse (above)
10The soul of the wicked craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.