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The heavensשָׁמַיִםfor height,לָרוּםand the earthוָאָרֶץfor depth,לָעֹמֶקandוְthe heartלֵבof kingsמְלָכִיםare beyondאֵיןsearching.חֵקֶר
Proverbs 25:3
Study it in the app“The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings are beyond searching.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 25:3, word by word
- The heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- for heightרוּםrum
height, haughtiness
Height, haughtiness; the pride of one who looks down from above.
Where else “rum” appears- and the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- for depthעֹמֶקomek
depth
Depth.
Where else “omek” appears- the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of kingsמְלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- searchingחֵקֶרcheker
unsearchable
Something so deep that no one can come to know it fully.
Where else “cheker” appears
The context
2It is the glory of Elohim to conceal a matter, and the glory of kings to search out a matter.
3 · This verse (above)
4Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel will come out for the refiner;