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Charcoalפֶּחָםfor embersלְגֶחָלִיםand woodוְעֵצִיםfor fire,לְאֵשׁandוְa manאִישׁof quarrelsמִדְיָנִיםfor kindlingלְחַרְחַרstrife.רִיב
Proverbs 26:21
Study it in the app“Charcoal for embers and wood for fire, and a man of quarrels for kindling strife.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:21, word by word
- Charcoalפֶּחָםpecham
charcoal
Charcoal, a coal.
Where else “pecham” appears- for embersגֶחָלִיםgechalim
coal, ember
A coal: a burning piece of wood or charcoal.
Where else “gechalim” appears- and woodעֵצִיםetsim
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appears- for fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of quarrelsמִדְיָנִיםmidyanim
strife, quarrel
Strife, a dispute (another form of the word for "strife").
Where else “midyanim” appears- for kindlingחַרְחַרcharchar
stir up
To stir up a quarrel or anger, as one fans a fire.
Where else “charchar” appears- strifeרִיבriv
case
A matter brought before the judge.
Where else “riv” appears
The context
20Without wood the fire goes out, and where there is no grumbler, strife quiets down.
21 · This verse (above)
22The words of a grumbler are like delicious morsels, and they go down into the inner rooms of the belly.