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A clubמֵפִיץand a swordוְחֶרֶבand a sharpשָׁנוּןarrowוְחֵץis a manאִישׁwho answersעֹנֶהagainst his neighborבְרֵעֵהוּas a falseשָׁקֶרwitness.עֵד
Proverbs 25:18
Study it in the app“A club and a sword and a sharp arrow is a man who answers against his neighbor as a false witness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 25:18, word by word
- A clubמֵפִיץmefits
club, mallet
A club, a mallet.
Where else “mefits” appears- and a swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- and a sharpשָׁנוּןshanun
sharpen
To hone a sword, arrows, or the tongue.
Where else “shanun” appears- arrowחֵץchets
arrow
Arrow.
Where else “chets” appears- is a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who answersעֹנֶהone
testify
To speak before a judge as a witness, for or against someone.
Where else “one” appears- against his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- as a falseשָׁקֶרshaker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “shaker” appears- witnessעֵדed
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ed” appears
The context
17Make your foot rare in the house of your neighbor, lest he be filled with you and hate you.
18 · This verse (above)
19A broken tooth and a slipping foot is confidence in a treacherous man in the day of distress.