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I passedעָבַרְתִּיby the fieldעַל שְׂדֵהof a sluggard,אִישׁ עָצֵלandוְbyעַלthe vineyardכֶּרֶםof a manאָדָםlackingחֲסַרsense;לֵב
Proverbs 24:30
Study it in the app“I passed by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;”
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With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 24:30, word by word
- I passedעָבַרְתִּיavarti
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avarti” appears- by the fieldשְׂדֵהsede
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sede” appears- of a sluggardאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of a sluggardעָצֵלatsel
sluggard, lazy
Lazy, sluggish; the sluggard, one who will not work.
Where else “atsel” appears- the vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “kerem” appears- of a manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- lackingחֲסַרchasar
lacking
Lacking something, wanting in. "Lacking heart" is one who has no sense.
Where else “chasar” appears- senseלֵבlev
mind
The mind: "lacking heart" means foolish.
Where else “lev” appears
The context
29Do not say, “As he did to me, so I will do to him; I will repay the man according to his work.”
30 · This verse (above)
31and look, it had all grown up in thistles; nettles covered its surface, and its wall of stones was broken down.