Proverbs 28:2
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פֶּשַׁע
peshaʻ
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
תָּבוּן
tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
מָשַׁךְ
mâshak
to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
מָשַׁךְ mâshak
to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
Study H4900 →תָּבוּן tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Study H8394 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →Cross References
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to...
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
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