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The sluggardעָצֵלsays,אָמַר“A lionאֲרִיis outside!בַחוּץIn the middleבְּתוֹךְof the squaresרְחֹבוֹתI will be murdered!”אֵרָצֵחַ
Proverbs 22:13
Study it in the app“The sluggard says, “A lion is outside! In the middle of the squares I will be murdered!””
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 22:13, word by word
- The sluggardעָצֵלatsel
sluggard, lazy
Lazy, sluggish; the sluggard, one who will not work.
Where else “atsel” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- “A lionאֲרִיari
lion
Lion.
Where else “ari” appears- is outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- In the middleתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the squaresרְחֹבוֹתrechovot
square
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechovot” appears- I will be murderedאֵרָצֵחַeratseach
murder
To take someone's life unjustly.
Where else “eratseach” appears
The context
12The eyes of YHWH watch over knowledge, but he overturns the words of the treacherous.
13 · This verse (above)
14A deep pit is the mouth of strange women; he with whom YHWH is indignant will fall there.