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A muddiedנִרְפָּשׂspringמַעְיָןand a ruinedמָשְׁחָתfountainוּמָקוֹרis a righteous manצַדִּיקwho gives wayמָטbeforeלִפְנֵיthe wicked.רָשָׁע
Proverbs 25:26
Study it in the app“A muddied spring and a ruined fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 25:26, word by word
- A muddiedנִרְפָּשׂnirpas
muddy (water)
To muddy water by trampling it.
Where else “nirpas” appears- springמַעְיָןmayan
spring, fountain
Spring, fountain of water; figuratively, a source.
Where else “mayan” appears- and a ruinedמָשְׁחָתmashchat
corrupt
To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.
Where else “mashchat” appears- fountainמָקוֹרmakor
spring
The place where water wells up, and so also the source of life.
Where else “makor” appears- is a righteous manצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- who gives wayמָטmat
totter, slip
Totter, slip, lose one's footing.
Where else “mat” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the wickedרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears
The context
25Cold water to a weary soul, and good news from a land far away.
26 · This verse (above)
27To eat much honey is not good, and to search out their glory is glory.