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When your enemy fallsבִּנְפֹל אוֹיִבְךָdo notאַלrejoice,תִּשְׂמָחandוּwhen he stumblesבִכָּשְׁלוֹdo not letאַלyour heartלִבֶּךָbe glad,יָגֵל
Proverbs 24:17
Study it in the app“When your enemy falls do not rejoice, and when he stumbles do not let your heart be glad,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 24:17, word by word
- When your enemy fallsנְפֹלnefol
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nefol” appears- When your enemy fallsאוֹיִבְoyiv
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyiv” appears- rejoiceתִּשְׂמָחtismach
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “tismach” appears- when he stumblesכָּשְׁלkashl
stumble
To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.
Where else “kashl” appears- your heartלִבֶּlibe
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libe” appears- be gladיָגֵלyagel
rejoice
To rejoice: to be very glad, to leap for joy.
Where else “yagel” appears
The context
16for seven times the righteous falls and rises, but the wicked stumble into evil.
17 · This verse (above)
18lest YHWH see it and it be evil in his eyes, and he turn away his anger from him.