Study it in the app“Your friend and your father’s friend do not abandon; and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.”
A friend's sweetness gladdens; don't forsake him; a near neighbor beats a far brotherFriendship
Your friendרֵעֲךָandוְyour father’sאָבִיךָfriendרֵעַdo notאַלabandon;תַּעֲזֹבandוּdo notאַלenterתָּבוֹאyour brother’sאָחִיךָhouseבֵיתin the dayבְּיוֹםof your calamity;אֵידֶךָbetterטוֹבis a neighborשָׁכֵןnearbyקָרוֹבthan a brotherמֵאָחfar away.רָחוֹק
companion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “rea” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “taazov” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “tavo” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearscalamity
Calamity: a great misfortune that falls on someone.
Where else “ede” appearsbetter
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appearsneighbor, resident
Neighbor (man or woman); also a temporary resident.
Where else “shachen” appearsnear
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “karov” appearsfar
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” appears9Oil and incense make glad the heart, and the sweetness of one’s friend is more than the counsel of the soul.
10 · This verse (above)
11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, and I will return a word to whoever reproaches me.
