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Do notאַלaddתּוֹסְףְּto his words,עַל דְּבָרָיוlestפֶּןhe rebukeיוֹכִיחַyou,בְּךָandוְyou be found a liar.נִכְזָבְתָּ
Proverbs 30:6
Study it in the app“Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you, and you be found a liar.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 30:6, word by word
- addתּוֹסְףְּtosp
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “tosp” appears- to his wordsדְּבָרָיdevaray
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devaray” appears- he rebukeיוֹכִיחַyochiach
rebuke
To point out someone's fault so that he corrects it.
Where else “yochiach” appears- you be found a liarנִכְזָבְתָּnichzavta
lie
To say what is not true, or not to keep what was promised.
Where else “nichzavta” appears
The context
5Every saying of Eloah is refined; a shield is he to those who take refuge in him.
6 · This verse (above)
7Two things I have asked of you; do not deny them to me before I die: