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A manאִישׁof reproofsתּוֹכָחוֹתwho hardensמַקְשֶׁהhis neckעֹרֶףwill suddenlyפֶּתַעbe broken,יִשָּׁבֵרand there will be noוְאֵיןhealing.מַרְפֵּא
Proverbs 29:1
Study it in the app“A man of reproofs who hardens his neck will suddenly be broken, and there will be no healing.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 29:1, word by word
- A manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of reproofsתּוֹכָחוֹתtochachot
rebuke
Words that correct a fault.
Where else “tochachot” appears- who hardensמַקְשֶׁהmakshe
harden
To make the heart unyielding.
Where else “makshe” appears- his neckעֹרֶףoref
stubbornness
Unbending: "hard-necked".
Where else “oref” appears- will suddenlyפֶּתַעpeta
instant, suddenly
Instant, moment; used to say "suddenly."
Where else “peta” appears- be brokenיִשָּׁבֵרyishaver
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “yishaver” appears- healingמַרְפֵּאmarpe
healing
What heals a wound; without remedy is without any possibility of cure.
Where else “marpe” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man rules, the people groan.