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Whoever lovesאֹהֵבpurityטְהָרof heart,לֵבwith favorחֵןon his lips,שְׂפָתָיוthe kingמֶלֶךְis his friend.רֵעֵהוּ
Proverbs 22:11
Study it in the app“Whoever loves purity of heart, with favor on his lips, the king is his friend.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 22:11, word by word
- Whoever lovesאֹהֵבohev
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ohev” appears- purityטְהָרtehar
pure in heart
Pure in heart.
Where else “tehar” appears- of heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- with favorחֵןchen
favor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appears- on his lipsשְׂפָתָיsefatay
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatay” appears- the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- is his friendרֵעֵree
companion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “ree” appears
The context
10Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out; and dispute and disgrace will cease.
11 · This verse (above)
12The eyes of YHWH watch over knowledge, but he overturns the words of the treacherous.