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Do notאַלgo outתֵּצֵאto courtלָרִבhastily,מַהֵרlest—פֶּןwhatמַהwill you doתַּעֲשֶׂהin the end of it,בְּאַחֲרִיתָהּwhen your neighborרֵעֶךָputs you to shame?בְּהַכְלִים אֹתְךָ
Proverbs 25:8
Study it in the app“Do not go out to court hastily, lest— what will you do in the end of it, when your neighbor puts you to shame?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 25:8, word by word
- go outתֵּצֵאtetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetse” appears- to courtרִבriv
plead
To argue a cause; YHWH accuses his people.
Where else “riv” appears- hastilyמַהֵרmaher
quickly
Quickly, in haste.
Where else “maher” appears- will you doתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- in the end of itאַחֲרִיתָacharita
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharita” appears- when your neighborרֵעֶree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- puts you to shameהַכְלִיםhachlim
be ashamed, humiliate
Put to shame, humiliate; be put to shame.
Where else “hachlim” appears
The context
7for it is better to be told, “Come up here,” than to be humbled before a noble whom your eyes have seen.
8 · This verse (above)
9Plead your case with your neighbor, and do not reveal another’s secret;