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When you walk,בְּלֶכְתְּךָyour stepsצַעֲדֶךָwill notלֹאbe hampered;יֵצַרandוְifאִםyou run,תָּרוּץyou will notלֹאstumble.תִכָּשֵׁל
Proverbs 4:12
Study it in the app“When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; and if you run, you will not stumble.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 4:12, word by word
- When you walkלֶכְתְּlecht
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lecht” appears- your stepsצַעֲדֶtsaade
step
A step: each movement of the foot in walking.
Where else “tsaade” appears- be hamperedיֵצַרyetsar
be cramped
To be too small a place for those who live in it.
Where else “yetsar” appears- you runתָּרוּץtaruts
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “taruts” appears- stumbleתִכָּשֵׁלtikashel
stumble
To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.
Where else “tikashel” appears
The context
11In the way of wisdom I have instructed you; I have led you in tracks of uprightness.
12 · This verse (above)
13Take hold of correction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.