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lestפֶּןyou learnתֶּאֱלַףhis waysאֹרְחֹתָיוandוְtakeלָקַחְתָּa snareמוֹקֵשׁfor your soul.לְנַפְשֶׁךָ
Proverbs 22:25
Study it in the app“lest you learn his ways and take a snare for your soul.”
Do not befriend an angry man, or you may learn his waysFriendship
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 22:25, word by word
- you learnתֶּאֱלַףteelaf
learn, teach
To learn; in another form of the verb, to teach.
Where else “teelaf” appears- his waysאֹרְחֹתָיorchotay
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “orchotay” appears- takeלָקַחְתָּlakachta
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachta” appears- a snareמוֹקֵשׁmokesh
snare
Snare, trap for hunting; whatever makes someone fall.
Where else “mokesh” appears- for your soulנַפְשֶׁnafshe
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshe” appears
The context
24Do not make friends with a man of anger, and with a man of wrath do not go,
25 · This verse (above)
26Do not be among those who strike palms, among those who become surety for debts.