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The richעָשִׁירrulesיִמְשׁוֹלover the poor,בְּרָשִׁיםandוְthe borrowerלֹוֶהis slaveעֶבֶדto the manלְאִישׁwho lends.מַלְוֶה
Proverbs 22:7
Study it in the app“The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the man who lends.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 22:7, word by word
- The richעָשִׁירashir
rich
Rich.
Where else “ashir” appears- rulesיִמְשׁוֹלyimshol
rule
To hold sway over something or someone.
Where else “yimshol” appears- over the poorרָשִׁיםrashim
be poor
Be poor, lack possessions.
Where else “rashim” appears- the borrowerלֹוֶהlove
borrow
To receive something belonging to another on loan, bound to give it back.
Where else “love” appears- is slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- to the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears
The context
6Train the young man according to his way; even when he is old he will not turn away from it.
7 · This verse (above)
8Whoever sows injustice will reap wickedness, and the rod of his fury will come to an end.