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Do notאַלmake friendsתִּתְרַעwithאֶתa manבַּעַלof anger,אָףandוְwithאֶתa manאִישׁof wrathחֵמוֹתdo notלֹאgo,תָבוֹא
Proverbs 22:24
Study it in the app“Do not make friends with a man of anger, and with a man of wrath do not go,”
Do not befriend an angry man, or you may learn his waysFriendship
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 22:24, word by word
- make friendsתִּתְרַעtitra
keep company
To go about in company with someone, treat him as a friend.
Where else “titra” appears- a manבַּעַלbaal
one having
Literally "lord of": one marked by something, like the "lord of dreams", a dreamer.
Where else “baal” appears- of angerאָףaf
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “af” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of wrathחֵמוֹתchemot
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chemot” appears- goתָבוֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears
The context
23for YHWH will plead their case, and will rob the soul of those who rob them.
24 · This verse (above)
25lest you learn his ways and take a snare for your soul.