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Let them notאַלslip awayיַלִּיזוּfrom your eyes;מֵעֵינֶיךָkeep themשָׁמְרֵםin the midstבְּתוֹךְof your heart.לְבָבֶךָ
Proverbs 4:21
Study it in the app“Let them not slip away from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 4:21, word by word
- slip awayיַלִּיזוּyalizu
turn aside, be devious
To turn aside, to depart from the way; figuratively, to be crooked or devious.
Where else “yalizu” appears- from your eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- keep themשָׁמְרֵshamre
preserve
To keep something, or watch and wait.
Where else “shamre” appears- in the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of your heartלְבָבֶlevave
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levave” appears
The context
20My son, to my words be attentive; to my sayings incline your ear.
21 · This verse (above)
22For they are life to those who find them, and to all their flesh healing.