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Whoever leadsמַשְׁגֶּהthe uprightיְשָׁרִיםastray into an evilבְּ רָעwayדֶרֶךְinto his own pitבִּשְׁחוּתוֹheהוּאwill fall,יִפּוֹלbutוּthe blamelessתְמִימִיםwill inheritיִנְחֲלוּgood.טוֹב
Proverbs 28:10
Study it in the app“Whoever leads the upright astray into an evil way into his own pit he will fall, but the blameless will inherit good.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 28:10, word by word
- Whoever leadsמַשְׁגֶּהmashge
lead astray
To lead another astray.
Where else “mashge” appears- the uprightיְשָׁרִיםyesharim
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yesharim” appears- astray into an evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- wayדֶרֶךְderech
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derech” appears- into his own pitשְׁחוּתshechut
pit
A pit.
Where else “shechut” appears- will fallיִפּוֹלyipol
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yipol” appears- the blamelessתְמִימִיםtemimim
blameless
Without reproach, whole, like Noah.
Where else “temimim” appears- will inheritיִנְחֲלוּyinchalu
inherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “yinchalu” appears- goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears
The context
9Whoever turns away his ear from hearing instruction, even his prayer is an abomination.
10 · This verse (above)
11A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who understands searches him out.