Proverbs 18:14
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?”
רוּחַ
Spirit, wind, breath. Ruach. The breath of God that gives life. The Holy Spirit. The same word used when the Spirit hovered over the waters of creation.
מִי
who?
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מִי
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
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נָשָׂא
will he bear/ it
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נָשָׂא
To lift up, to bear, to forgive. Nasa. God lifts the weight of guilt. He carries what we cannot carry.
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כּוּל
it will endure
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כּוּל
properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
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נָכֵא
stricken
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נָכֵא
smitten, i.e. (figuratively) afflicted
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מַחֲלֶה
sickness/ his
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מַחֲלֶה
sickness
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