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Rescueהַצֵּלthose being takenלְקֻחִיםto death,לַמָּוֶתandוּthose staggeringמָטִיםto the slaughter,לַהֶרֶגif onlyאִםyou would hold them back!תַּחְשׂוֹךְ
Proverbs 24:11
Study it in the app“Rescue those being taken to death, and those staggering to the slaughter, if only you would hold them back!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 24:11, word by word
- Rescueהַצֵּלhatsel
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hatsel” appears- those being takenלְקֻחִיםlekuchim
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “lekuchim” appears- to deathמָּוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- those staggeringמָטִיםmatim
totter, slip
Totter, slip, lose one's footing.
Where else “matim” appears- to the slaughterהֶרֶגhereg
slaughter
Slaughter: the killing of many.
Where else “hereg” appears- you would hold them backתַּחְשׂוֹךְtachsoch
restrain
To curb something, like the tongue, or stop someone.
Where else “tachsoch” appears
The context
10If you lose heart in the day of distress, your strength is narrow.
11 · This verse (above)
12If you say, “Look, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs hearts understand it? And he who keeps your soul, he will know it, and he will repay a man according to his work.