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Proverbs 13:12

“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

תּוֹחֶלֶתtôwcheleth · to-kheh'-leth
H8431 · Hebrew

Definition: expectation
Derivation: from H3176 (יָחַל);
KJV renderings: hope.
Grammar: תּוֹחֶ֣לֶת — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
Code HNcfsa
Usage: Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 41:1 Psalms 39:8 Proverbs 10:28 Proverbs 11:7 Lamentations 3:18

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read תּוֹחֶלֶת here.

Verse 11 Verse 13

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.