Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
(Proverbs 18:1) KJV
Separates: נִפְרָ֑ד – nifrad
- To divide, disperse, divide, be out of joint, part, scatter abroad, separate self, sever self, stretch,
- divide, separate (intransitive), Genesis 2:10 (of river, dividing into branches); of one man separating from another, reciprocal Genesis 25:23 (of sons of Rebekah representing nations, i.e. divided (hostile) from birth); absolute Proverbs 18:1; of peoples separating from parent stock Proverbs 10:5,32.
- be divided, separated, 2 Samuel 1:23; Nehemiah 4:13; of loss of friendship Proverbs 19:4.
Matty's Paradigm 