Ifכִּיyou say,תֹאמַר“Look,הֵןwe did notלֹאknowיָדַעְנוּthis,”זֶהdoes notהֲלֹאhe who weighsתֹכֵןheartsלִבּוֹתunderstand it?הוּא יָבִיןAndוְhe who keepsנֹצֵרyour soul,נַפְשְׁךָheהוּאwill know it,יֵדָעandוְhe will repayהֵשִׁיבa manלְאָדָםaccording to his work.כְּפָעֳלוֹ
Proverbs 24:12
Study it in the app“If 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 24:12, word by word
- you sayתֹאמַרtomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appears- knowיָדַעְנוּyadanu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadanu” appears- he who weighsתֹכֵןtochen
weigh
YHWH tests hearts as on a scale.
Where else “tochen” appears- heartsלִבּוֹתlibot
heart
Heart (another form of the same word): the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “libot” appears- understand itיָבִיןyavin
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “yavin” appears- he who keepsנֹצֵרnotser
guard
To be watchful in looking after and protecting someone or something.
Where else “notser” appears- your soulנַפְשְׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- he will repayהֵשִׁיבheshiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “heshiv” appears- a manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- according to his workפָעֳלfaol
deed
What someone does; what God accomplishes.
Where else “faol” appears
The context
11Rescue those being taken to death, and those staggering to the slaughter, if only you would hold them back!
12 · This verse (above)
13Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and honeycomb is sweet to your palate;