Study it in the app“Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?”
Surelyאַךְthe princesשָׂרֵיof Zoanצֹעַןarefools;אֱוִלִיםthe counselעֵצָהof the wiseחַכְמֵיcounselorsיֹעֲצֵיof Pharaohפַרְעֹהhas become stupid.נִבְעָרָהHowאֵיךְcan you sayתֹּאמְרוּto Pharaoh,אֶל פַּרְעֹה“Iאֲנִיam a sonבֶּןof the wise,חֲכָמִיםa sonבֶּןof ancientקֶדֶםkings”?מַלְכֵי
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearsZoan
Zoan, an ancient city of Egypt, in the Nile delta.
Where else “tsoan” appearsfool
A fool: one who will not learn or accept correction. It does not speak of a lack of intelligence but of an attitude toward life and toward God.
Where else “evilim” appearscounsel
What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.
Where else “etsa” appearswise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachme” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appearsbe dull
Another word spelled the same: to be stupid, brutish.
Where else “nivara” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomru” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “ben” appearsof old
Times long ago, from far back.
Where else “kedem” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears10And its pillars will be crushed; all who work for wages will be grieved in soul.
11 · This verse (above)
12Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you, please, and let them know what YHWH Tsevaot has planned against Egypt.
