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Whoever blessesמְבָרֵךְhis neighborרֵעֵהוּwith a loudגָּדוֹלvoiceבְּקוֹלin the morning,בַּבֹּקֶרrising early,הַשְׁכֵּיםit will be countedתֵּחָשֶׁבto himלוֹas a curse.קְלָלָה
Proverbs 27:14
Study it in the app“Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice in the morning, rising early, it will be counted to him as a curse.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 27:14, word by word
- Whoever blessesמְבָרֵךְmevarech
greet
To wish someone God's good; to greet.
Where else “mevarech” appears- his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- with a loudגָּדוֹלgadol
loud
Very intense: a mighty cry, great fear.
Where else “gadol” appears- voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- rising earlyהַשְׁכֵּיםhashkem
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “hashkem” appears- it will be countedתֵּחָשֶׁבtechashev
count
To hold or give something as so: to put it on someone's account.
Where else “techashev” appears- as a curseקְלָלָהkelala
curse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kelala” appears
The context
13Take his garment, for he has become surety for a stranger; and for a foreign woman take a pledge from him.
14 · This verse (above)
15A continual dripping on a day of downpour and a woman of quarrels are alike;