Verse 10

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.25.10", "source": "פֶּֽן־יְחַסֶּדְךָ֥ שֹׁמֵ֑עַ וְ֝דִבָּתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א תָשֽׁוּב׃", "text": "Lest *yĕḥassedĕkā* *šōmēaʿ* and-*dibbātĕkā* *lōʾ* *tāšûb*", "grammar": { "*pen*": "conjunction - lest", "*yĕḥassedĕkā*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he will reproach you", "*šōmēaʿ*": "qal participle, masculine singular - hearing one/listener", "*wĕ*": "conjunction - and", "*dibbātĕkā*": "noun, feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your slander", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*tāšûb*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will return/turn back" }, "variants": { "*yĕḥassedĕkā*": "reproach you/insult you/defame you", "*šōmēaʿ*": "hearer/listener/one who hears", "*dibbātĕkā*": "your slander/your evil report/your defamation", "*tāšûb*": "will return/will turn back/will be retracted" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:39 : 39 { "verseID": "Psalms.119.39", "source": "הַעֲבֵ֣ר חֶ֭רְפָּתִי אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָגֹ֑רְתִּי כִּ֖י מִשְׁפָּטֶ֣יךָ טוֹבִֽים׃", "text": "*haʿăḇēr* *ḥerpāṯî* which *yāḡōrtî* for *mišpāṭeyḵā* *ṭôḇîm*", "grammar": { "*haʿăḇēr*": "hiphil imperative masculine singular - take away/remove", "*ḥerpāṯî*": "feminine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my reproach", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*yāḡōrtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I fear/dread", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*mišpāṭeyḵā*": "masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your judgments", "*ṭôḇîm*": "masculine plural adjective - good" }, "variants": { "*haʿăḇēr*": "take away/remove/avert", "*ḥerpāṯî*": "my reproach/my disgrace/my shame", "*yāḡōrtî*": "I fear/I dread/I am afraid of" } }