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Giveתְּנוּintoxicating drinkשֵׁכָרto the one who is perishing,לְאוֹבֵדandוְwineיַיִןto the bitterלְמָרֵיof soul;נָפֶשׁ
Proverbs 31:6
Study it in the app“Give intoxicating drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter of soul;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 31:6, word by word
- Giveתְּנוּtenu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tenu” appears- intoxicating drinkשֵׁכָרshechar
intoxicating drink
Intoxicating drink made from fermented grain or fruit; distinct from grape wine.
Where else “shechar” appears- to the one who is perishingאוֹבֵדoved
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “oved” appears- wineיַיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- to the bitterמָרֵיmare
bitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “mare” appears- of soulנָפֶשׁnafesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafesh” appears
The context
5lest he drink and forget what is decreed and pervert the cause of all the sons of affliction.
6 · This verse (above)
7let him drink and forget his poverty, and his trouble let him not remember anymore.