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Whoever worksעֹבֵדhis groundאַדְמָתוֹwill be satisfiedיִשְׂבַּעwith bread,לָחֶםbutוּwhoever pursuesמְרַדֵּףempty thingsרֵקִיםwill be satisfiedיִשְׂבַּעwith poverty.רִישׁ
Proverbs 28:19
Study it in the app“Whoever works his ground will be satisfied with bread, but whoever pursues empty things will be satisfied with poverty.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 28:19, word by word
- Whoever worksעֹבֵדoved
work
To toil, till the land.
Where else “oved” appears- his groundאַדְמָתadmat
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admat” appears- will be satisfiedיִשְׂבַּעyisba
be satisfied
To eat until one wants no more.
Where else “yisba” appears- with breadלָחֶםlachem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachem” appears- whoever pursuesמְרַדֵּףmeradef
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “meradef” appears- empty thingsרֵקִיםrekim
empty
Empty; figuratively, worthless, idle.
Where else “rekim” appears- with povertyרִישׁrish
poverty
Poverty, lack of what is needed.
Where else “rish” appears
The context
18Whoever walks blameless will be saved, but one crooked in two ways will fall in one of them.
19 · This verse (above)
20A man of faithfulness is rich in blessings, but whoever hurries to get rich will not go unpunished.