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Sheolשְׁאוֹלand Abaddonוַאֲבַדּוֹare notלֹאsatisfied,תִשְׂבַּעְנָהandוְthe eyesעֵינֵיof manהָאָדָםare notלֹאsatisfied.תִשְׂבַּעְנָה
Proverbs 27:20
Study it in the app“Sheol and Abaddon are not satisfied, and the eyes of man are not satisfied.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 27:20, word by word
- Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- and Abaddonאֲבַדּוֹavado
Abaddon, destruction
Abaddon: destruction, ruin; the place of the dead.
Where else “avado” appears- satisfiedתִשְׂבַּעְנָהtisbana
be satisfied
To eat until one wants no more.
Where else “tisbana” appears- the eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- of manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears
The context
19As in water face answers to face, so the heart of a man to a man.
20 · This verse (above)
21The crucible for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man by the mouth of his praise.