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Forכִּיbeforeנֹכַחthe eyesעֵינֵיof YHWHיְהוָהare the waysדַּרְכֵיof a man,אִישׁandוְallכָלhis tracksמַעְגְּלֹתָיוhe levels.מְפַלֵּס
Proverbs 5:21
Study it in the app“For before the eyes of YHWH are the ways of a man, and all his tracks he levels.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 5:21, word by word
- beforeנֹכַחnochach
opposite
On the opposite side, facing something.
Where else “nochach” appears- the eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- are the waysדַּרְכֵיdarche
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darche” appears- of a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- his tracksמַעְגְּלֹתָיmaglotay
path
The path one follows, or one's way of life.
Where else “maglotay” appears- he levelsמְפַלֵּסmefales
level
Make a path even, clear its obstacles.
Where else “mefales” appears
The context
20And why would you be lost, my son, with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a foreign woman?
21 · This verse (above)
22His own iniquities will catch the wicked, and in the cords of his sin he will be held fast.