Proverbschapter 2
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Proverbs 2— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, which is the key every lexicon and concordance uses (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets name a word that does a grammatical job rather than carrying a meaning, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
Search for Her as for Hid Treasure1
1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
Rashi on Proverbs 2:1
My son, if you accept my words You will be my son if you accept my words.
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2if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
3if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
4if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
5then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
8to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
9Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
Wisdom Delivers From the Evil Man and the Strange Woman10
10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
11Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
Rashi on Proverbs 2:12
who speaks perversity Those are the people who distort the thing. [Rashi as it appears in Lublin and Waxman ed.] Malbim ed. reads: who distorts the words of the Torah after his erroneous view.
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13from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
14from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
15whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
Rashi on Proverbs 2:16
To save you from a strange woman From the assembly of idolatry [apostasy], which is sectarianism.
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17who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
18For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
Rashi on Proverbs 2:18
for her house sinks to death This refers back to “to save you, etc.” for whoever comes to her house will sink and slip as if down an incline that leads to death, and the Torah will guard you from this fall. Hence, it is a great thing for you.
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19None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
20So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.