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andוְlook,הִנֵּהit had allכֻלּוֹgrown upעָלָהin thistles;קִמְּשֹׂנִיםnettlesחֲרֻלִּיםcoveredכָּסּוּits surface,פָנָיוandוְits wallגֶדֶרof stonesאֲבָנָיוwas broken down.נֶהֱרָסָה
Proverbs 24:31
Study it in the app“and look, it had all grown up in thistles; nettles covered its surface, and its wall of stones was broken down.”
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With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 24:31, word by word
- grown upעָלָהala
rise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “ala” appears- in thistlesקִמְּשֹׂנִיםkimsonim
thorn, nettle
A thorny weed, a nettle.
Where else “kimsonim” appears- nettlesחֲרֻלִּיםcharulim
nettles, weeds
Nettles or another thorny weed.
Where else “charulim” appears- coveredכָּסּוּkasu
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “kasu” appears- its surfaceפָנָיfanay
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “fanay” appears- its wallגֶדֶרgeder
stone wall
A wall, a fence of stones.
Where else “geder” appears- of stonesאֲבָנָיavanay
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanay” appears- was broken downנֶהֱרָסָהneherasa
tear down; break through
Tear down, throw down; also break through by force.
Where else “neherasa” appears
The context
30I passed by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;
31 · This verse (above)
32And I looked; I set my heart to it; I saw; I received correction.