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Make your foot rareהֹקַר רַגְלְךָin the houseמִבֵּיתof your neighbor,רֵעֶךָlestפֶּןhe be filled with youיִשְׂבָּעֲךָandוּhate you.שְׂנֵאֶךָ
Proverbs 25:17
Study it in the app“Make your foot rare in the house of your neighbor, lest he be filled with you and hate you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 25:17, word by word
- Make your foot rareהֹקַרhokar
make scarce
To make something or someone seen seldom, kept scarce.
Where else “hokar” appears- Make your foot rareרַגְלְragl
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragl” appears- in the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of your neighborרֵעֶree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- he be filled with youיִשְׂבָּעֲyisbaa
be sated
To have plenty, be fed up.
Where else “yisbaa” appears- hate youשְׂנֵאֶsenee
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “senee” appears
The context
16Have you found honey? Eat what is enough for you, lest you be filled with it and vomit it.
17 · This verse (above)
18A club and a sword and a sharp arrow is a man who answers against his neighbor as a false witness.