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By wordsבִּדְבָרִיםa slaveעָבֶדis notלֹאcorrected,יִוָּסֶרforכִּיhe understands,יָבִיןbutוְthere is noאֵיןresponse.מַעֲנֶה
Proverbs 29:19
Study it in the app“By words a slave is not corrected, for he understands, but there is no response.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 29:19, word by word
- By wordsדְבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- a slaveעָבֶדaved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “aved” appears- correctedיִוָּסֶרyivaser
discipline, correct
Correct, discipline, teach firmly, as a father his son; also punish.
Where else “yivaser” appears- he understandsיָבִיןyavin
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “yavin” appears- responseמַעֲנֶהmaane
answer
What is said in answer to a question or an accusation.
Where else “maane” appears
The context
18Where there is no vision, the people run wild, but whoever keeps instruction, happy is he.
19 · This verse (above)
20Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a senseless man than for him.