Proverbs 24:10

“If you lose heart in the day of distress, your strength is narrow.”

Proverbs 24:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Proverbs 24:10, word by word

If you lose heartהִתְרַפִּיתָhitrapita

go limp

To grow feeble, be discouraged.

Where else “hitrapita” appears
in the dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
of distressצָרָהtsara

distress

A time of hardship or danger.

Where else “tsara” appears
your strengthכֹּחֶkoche

strength

Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.

Where else “koche” appears
is narrowצַרtsar

narrow

Not wide, with no room to move.

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The context

9The infamy of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

10 · This verse (above)

11Rescue those being taken to death, and those staggering to the slaughter, if only you would hold them back!

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