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Listen,שִׁמְעוּforכִּיnoble thingsנְגִידִיםI will speak,אֲדַבֵּרandוּthe openingמִפְתַּחof my lipsשְׂפָתַיwill be uprightness.מֵישָׁרִים
Proverbs 8:6
Study it in the app“Listen, for noble things I will speak, and the opening of my lips will be uprightness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 8:6, word by word
- Listenשִׁמְעוּshimu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shimu” appears- noble thingsנְגִידִיםnegidim
leader
Leader: the one who goes at the head of others, in war, in government or in worship. In the books of Samuel it is used of the one whom YHWH places at the head of his people.
Where else “negidim” appears- I will speakאֲדַבֵּרadaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “adaber” appears- the openingמִפְתַּחmiftach
opening
The opening of the mouth or lips to speak.
Where else “miftach” appears- of my lipsשְׂפָתַsefata
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefata” appears- will be uprightnessמֵישָׁרִיםmesharim
uprightness
What is upright and just, in what is spoken or judged.
Where else “mesharim” appears
The context
5Understand, simple ones, shrewdness; and, senseless ones, understand with your heart.
6 · This verse (above)
7For my palate will utter truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.