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The broadרְחַבof soulנֶפֶשׁstirs upיְגָרֶהstrife,מָדוֹןbutוּwhoever trustsבוֹטֵחַin YHWHעַל יְהוָהwill be enriched.יְדֻשָּׁן
Proverbs 28:25
Study it in the app“The broad of soul stirs up strife, but whoever trusts in YHWH will be enriched.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 28:25, word by word
- The broadרְחַבrechav
broad, wide
Broad, wide, roomy. "Broad on both hands": spacious on every side.
Where else “rechav” appears- of soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appears- stirs upיְגָרֶהyegare
provoke
To pick a fight with someone.
Where else “yegare” appears- strifeמָדוֹןmadon
strife
A confrontation between people who accuse and face off against each other.
Where else “madon” appears- whoever trustsבוֹטֵחַvoteach
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “voteach” appears- in YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- will be enrichedיְדֻשָּׁןyedushan
grow fat
To grow plump, or have plenty.
Where else “yedushan” appears
Translation note
“Broad of soul”: the one with an appetite without measure, the greedy.
The context
24Whoever robs his father and his mother and says, “It is no transgression,” he is a companion of a man who destroys.
25 · This verse (above)
26Whoever trusts in his own heart, he is senseless, but whoever walks in wisdom, he will escape.