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Crueltyאַכְזְרִיּוּתof wrathחֵמָהand a floodוְשֶׁטֶףof anger,אָףbutוּwhoמִיcan standיַעֲמֹדbeforeלִפְנֵיjealousy?קִנְאָה
Proverbs 27:4
Study it in the app“Cruelty of wrath and a flood of anger, but who can stand before jealousy?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 27:4, word by word
- Crueltyאַכְזְרִיּוּתachzriyut
cruelty
Cruelty.
Where else “achzriyut” appears- of wrathחֵמָהchema
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chema” appears- and a floodשֶׁטֶףshetef
flood, torrent
A flood, a torrent of waters that sweeps all away.
Where else “shetef” appears- of angerאָףaf
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “af” appears- can standיַעֲמֹדyaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- jealousyקִנְאָהkina
jealousy
A husband's burning that tolerates no rivals; so is YHWH with his people.
Where else “kina” appears
The context
3Heavy is the stone, and a burden the sand, but the vexation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
4 · This verse (above)
5Better is open reproof than hidden love.