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falsehoodשָׁוְאandוּa wordדְבַרof liesכָּזָבkeep farהַרְחֵקfrom me;מִמֶּנִּיpovertyרֵאשׁandוָrichesעֹשֶׁרdo notאַלgiveתִּתֶּןme;לִיfeed meהַטְרִיפֵנִיwith the breadלֶחֶםof my portion,חֻקִּי
Proverbs 30:8
Study it in the app“falsehood and a word of lies keep far from me; poverty and riches do not give me; feed me with the bread of my portion,”
Agur asks for neither poverty nor riches, only the bread of his portionGenerosity and Money
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 30:8, word by word
- falsehoodשָׁוְאshav
falsehood
Something false, like false testimony.
Where else “shav” appears- a wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of liesכָּזָבkazav
lie, falsehood
A lie, falsehood: what is said or sought and is not true; also something that deceives because it promises and does not deliver.
Where else “kazav” appears- keep farהַרְחֵקharchek
remove
To put something far away, remove it from oneself or from another.
Where else “harchek” appears- povertyרֵאשׁresh
poverty
Poverty, lack of what is needed.
Where else “resh” appears- richesעֹשֶׁרosher
wealth
Wealth, riches.
Where else “osher” appears- giveתִּתֶּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- feed meהַטְרִיפֵhatrife
feed
To give someone the food that is due to him.
Where else “hatrife” appears- with the breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- of my portionחֻקִּchuki
portion
The part or measure due to someone, like a ration or a quota.
Where else “chuki” appears
The context
7Two things I have asked of you; do not deny them to me before I die:
8 · This verse (above)
9lest I be satisfied and deny you and say, “Who is YHWH?” and lest I become poor and steal and profane the name of my Elohim.