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Leaveעִזְבוּsimpleness,פְתָאיִםandוִlive;חְיוּandוְwalkאִשְׁרוּin the wayבְּדֶרֶךְof understanding.”בִּינָה
Proverbs 9:6
Study it in the app“Leave simpleness, and live; and walk in the way of understanding.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 9:6, word by word
- Leaveעִזְבוּizvu
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “izvu” appears- simplenessפְתָאיִםfetayim
simple, naive
Simple, naive: a person without experience, easily persuaded, who still has to learn.
Where else “fetayim” appears- liveחְיוּcheu
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “cheu” appears- walkאִשְׁרוּishru
walk straight
To follow a straight road without turning aside.
Where else “ishru” appears- in the wayדֶרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of understandingבִּינָהbina
understanding
Understanding: the ability to comprehend and to tell one thing from another.
Where else “bina” appears
The context
5“Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 · This verse (above)
7He who corrects a scoffer gets disgrace for himself, and he who reproves a wicked man gets his blemish.