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Where there is noבְּאֵיןvision,חָזוֹןthe peopleעָםrun wild,יִפָּרַעbutוְwhoever keepsשֹׁמֵרinstruction,תּוֹרָהhappy is he.אַשְׁרֵהוּ
Proverbs 29:18
Study it in the app“Where there is no vision, the people run wild, but whoever keeps instruction, happy is he.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 29:18, word by word
- visionחָזוֹןchazon
vision
Vision: what God makes a prophet see or understand; by extension, his message.
Where else “chazon” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- run wildיִפָּרַעyipara
run wild
To lose restraint and stop obeying, without control.
Where else “yipara” appears- whoever keepsשֹׁמֵרshomer
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shomer” appears- instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears- happy is heאַשְׁרֵashre
happy, blessed
Happy, blessed: an exclamation for the good that someone has.
Where else “ashre” appears
The context
17Correct your son, and he will give you rest, and he will give delights to your soul.
18 · This verse (above)
19By words a slave is not corrected, for he understands, but there is no response.