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Butוְwhoever sins against meחֹטְאִיdoes violenceחֹמֵסto his own soul;נַפְשׁוֹallכָּלwho hate meמְשַׂנְאַיloveאָהֲבוּdeath.”מָוֶת
Proverbs 8:36
Study it in the app“But whoever sins against me does violence to his own soul; all who hate me love death.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 8:36, word by word
- whoever sins against meחֹטְאִchoti
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “choti” appears- does violenceחֹמֵסchomes
do violence, wrong
To do violence, to mistreat; to tear away by force.
Where else “chomes” appears- to his own soulנַפְשׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- who hate meמְשַׂנְאַmesana
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “mesana” appears- loveאָהֲבוּahavu
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahavu” appears- deathמָוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears
The context
35For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from YHWH.
36 · This verse (above)