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Youאַתָּהwill strike himתַּכֶּנּוּwith the rod,בַּשֵּׁבֶטandוְyou will rescueתַּצִּילhis soulנַפְשׁוֹfrom Sheol.מִשְּׁאוֹל
Proverbs 23:14
Study it in the app“You will strike him with the rod, and you will rescue his soul from Sheol.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 23:14, word by word
- will strike himתַּכֶּtake
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “take” appears- with the rodשֵּׁבֶטshevet
rod
A stick for guiding or correcting; the king's sign of power.
Where else “shevet” appears- you will rescueתַּצִּילtatsil
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “tatsil” appears- his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appears- from Sheolשְּׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears
The context
13Do not withhold correction from a young man; if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
14 · This verse (above)
15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will be glad, mine too;