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Proverbs 18:9

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1571 also גם

H7503 that is slothful מתרפה

H4399 in his work במלאכתו

H251 is brother אח

H1931 He הוא

H1167 to him that is a great לבעל

H7843 משׁחית׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H1931 He

H1571 also

that

H7503 slothful

his

H4399 work

H251 brother

him

that

H1167 great

H4889 waster

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7503

Hebrew: רָפָה

Transliteration: râphâh

Pronunciation: raw-faw'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {abate} {cease} {consume} draw [toward {evening]} {fail} (be) {faint} be (wax) {feeble} {forsake} {idle} {leave} let alone ({go} {down}) (be) {slack} {stay} be {still} be {slothful} (be) weak (-en). See H7495 .

Definition:

to slacken (in many {applications} literally or figuratively)

1. to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened

a. (Qal)

1. to sink down

2. to sink, drop

3. to sink, relax, abate

4. to relax, withdraw

b. (Niphal) idle (participle)

c. (Piel) to let drop

d. (Hiphil)

1. to let drop, abandon, relax, refrain, forsake

2. to let go

3. to refrain, let alone

4. to be quiet

e. (Hithpael) to show oneself slack

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906