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Do notאַלsayתֹּאמַרto your neighbor,לְרֵעֲךָ“Goלֵךְandוָcome back,שׁוּבandוּtomorrowמָחָרI will give it,”אֶתֵּןwhenוְyou have itיֵשׁwith you.אִתָּךְ
Proverbs 3:28
Study it in the app“Do not say to your neighbor, “Go and come back, and tomorrow I will give it,” when you have it with you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 3:28, word by word
- sayתֹּאמַרtomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appears- to your neighborרֵעֲrea
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “rea” appears- “Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- come backשׁוּבshuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appears- tomorrowמָחָרmachar
tomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appears- I will give itאֶתֵּןeten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appears
The context
27Do not withhold good from its owners, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
28 · This verse (above)
29Do not plot evil against your neighbor, while he dwells trustingly beside you.