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Whoever pampersמְפַנֵּקhis slaveעַבְדּוֹfrom youth,מִנֹּעַרandוְin his endאַחֲרִיתוֹhe will beיִהְיֶהan heir.מָנוֹן
Proverbs 29:21
Study it in the app“Whoever pampers his slave from youth, and in his end he will be an heir.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 29:21, word by word
- Whoever pampersמְפַנֵּקmefanek
pamper
To pamper, to spoil.
Where else “mefanek” appears- his slaveעַבְדּavd
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avd” appears- from youthנֹּעַרnoar
youth
Youth: the first years of life.
Where else “noar” appears- in his endאַחֲרִיתacharit
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharit” appears- he will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- an heirמָנוֹןmanon
heir, offspring (uncertain)
A word of uncertain sense, perhaps an heir or offspring.
Where else “manon” appears
Translation note
The last word (manon) appears only here; it has been understood as “heir,” “ungrateful,” or “grief.”
The context
20Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a senseless man than for him.
21 · This verse (above)
22A man of anger stirs up strife, and a master of wrath is great in transgression.