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Be wise,חֲכַםmy son,בְּנִיandוְmake my heart glad,שַׂמַּח לִבִּיandוְI will returnאָשִׁיבָהa wordדָבָרto whoever reproaches me.חֹרְפִי
Proverbs 27:11
Study it in the app“Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, and I will return a word to whoever reproaches me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 27:11, word by word
- Be wiseחֲכַםchacham
be wise
Be wise, act wisely; in Exodus 1:10, act shrewdly.
Where else “chacham” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- make my heart gladשַׂמַּחsamach
gladden
To make someone feel glad and cheered.
Where else “samach” appears- make my heart gladלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- I will returnאָשִׁיבָהashiva
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “ashiva” appears- a wordדָבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- to whoever reproaches meחֹרְפִchorfi
reproach
To defy or humble someone with words, to put them to shame.
Where else “chorfi” appears
The context
10Your 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.
11 · This verse (above)
12The shrewd sees evil and hides himself; the simple pass on and are fined.