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Whoever keepsנוֹצֵרinstructionתּוֹרָהis an understandingמֵבִיןson,בֵּןbutוְa companionרֹעֶהof gluttonsזוֹלְלִיםshamesיַכְלִיםhis father.אָבִיו
Proverbs 28:7
Study it in the app“Whoever keeps instruction is an understanding son, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 28:7, word by word
- Whoever keepsנוֹצֵרnotser
observe
To put into practice what is commanded and guard it like a treasure.
Where else “notser” appears- instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears- is an understandingמֵבִיןmevin
be skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “mevin” appears- sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- a companionרֹעֶהroe
keep company
To go about in company with someone, treat him as a friend.
Where else “roe” appears- of gluttonsזוֹלְלִיםzollim
be a glutton
To eat and spend without restraint.
Where else “zollim” appears- shamesיַכְלִיםyachlim
be ashamed, humiliate
Put to shame, humiliate; be put to shame.
Where else “yachlim” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears
The context
6Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than one crooked in two ways, even though he is rich.
7 · This verse (above)
8Whoever increases his wealth by interest and usury gathers it for one who is gracious to the poor.