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Ifאִםyou are wise,חָכַמְתָּyou are wiseחָכַמְתָּfor yourself;לָּךְandוְif you scoff,לַצְתָּyou aloneלְבַדְּךָwill bear it.תִשָּׂא
Proverbs 9:12
Study it in the app“If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; and if you scoff, you alone will bear it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 9:12, word by word
- you are wiseחָכַמְתָּchachamta
be wise
Be wise, act wisely; in Exodus 1:10, act shrewdly.
Where else “chachamta” appears- if you scoffלַצְתָּlatsta
scoff
To laugh at what is serious with contempt; the scoffer rejects correction.
Where else “latsta” appears- you aloneבַדְּvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears- will bear itתִשָּׂאtisa
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “tisa” appears
The context
11For by me your days will be multiplied, and years of life will be added to you.
12 · This verse (above)
13The senseless woman is noisy; she is simpleness, and does not know anything.