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I almostכִּמְעַטcame to beהָיִיתִיin everyבְכָלevilרָעin the midstבְּתוֹךְof the assemblyקָהָלand the community.”וְעֵדָה
Proverbs 5:14
Study it in the app“I almost came to be in every evil in the midst of the assembly and the community.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 5:14, word by word
- I almostמְעַטmeat
almost
A short while, or very nearly: barely, by a little.
Where else “meat” appears- came to beהָיִיתִיhayiti
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayiti” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” 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 the assemblyקָהָלkahal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appears- and the communityעֵדָהeda
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appears
The context
13And I did not listen to the voice of my instructors, and to my teachers I did not incline my ear.
14 · This verse (above)
15Drink water from your own cistern, and flowing water from the midst of your own well.