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Those who abandonעֹזְבֵיinstructionתוֹרָהpraiseיְהַלְלוּthe wicked,רָשָׁעbutוְthose who keepשֹׁמְרֵיinstructionתוֹרָהcontendיִתְגָּרוּwith them.בָם
Proverbs 28:4
Study it in the app“Those who abandon instruction praise the wicked, but those who keep instruction contend with them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 28:4, word by word
- Those who abandonעֹזְבֵיozve
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “ozve” appears- instructionתוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears- praiseיְהַלְלוּyehallu
praise
To celebrate someone's greatness with voice and song, above all YHWH's.
Where else “yehallu” appears- the wickedרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears- those who keepשֹׁמְרֵיshomre
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shomre” appears- contendיִתְגָּרוּyitgaru
wage war
To make war on someone.
Where else “yitgaru” appears
The context
3A poor man who oppresses the poor is a rain that sweeps away, and there is no bread.
4 · This verse (above)
5Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek YHWH understand everything.