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Do notאַלenvyתְּקַנֵּאa manבְּאִישׁof violence,חָמָסand do notוְאַלchooseתִּבְחַרanyבְּכָלof his ways;דְּרָכָיו
Proverbs 3:31
Study it in the app“Do not envy a man of violence, and do not choose any of his ways;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 3:31, word by word
- envyתְּקַנֵּאtekane
be jealous
To feel bitterness because another has what one would like.
Where else “tekane” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of violenceחָמָסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- chooseתִּבְחַרtivchar
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “tivchar” appears- of his waysדְּרָכָיderachay
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derachay” appears
The context
30Do not contend with anyone without cause, if he has not done you harm.
31 · This verse (above)
32for the devious person is an abomination to YHWH, but with the upright is his intimate counsel.