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Let goהֶרֶףof angerמֵאַףand abandonוַעֲזֹבfury;חֵמָהdo notאַלget heated;תִּתְחַרit leads onlyאַךְto doing evil.לְהָרֵעַ
Psalms 37:8
Study it in the app“Let go of anger and abandon fury; do not get heated; it leads only to doing evil.”
Let go of anger and abandon furyConflict and Reconciliation
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 37:8, word by word
- Let goהֶרֶףheref
let go
To let go, leave: "let me go".
Where else “heref” appears- of angerאַףaf
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “af” appears- and abandonעֲזֹבazov
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azov” appears- furyחֵמָהchema
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chema” appears- get heatedתִּתְחַרtitchar
be angry
For a person to feel strong anger at someone or something.
Where else “titchar” appears- to doing evilהָרֵעַharea
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “harea” appears
The context
7Be silent before YHWH and wait longingly for him; do not get heated because of the one who prospers in his way, because of the man who carries out plans.
8 · This verse (above)
9For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for YHWH, they will possess the land.