Study it in the app“For the fool speaks folly, and his heart does wickedness, to practice godlessness and to speak error against YHWH, to leave empty the soul of the hungry, and the drink of the thirsty he makes fail.”
Forכִּיthe foolנָבָלspeaksיְדַבֵּרfolly,נְבָלָהand his heartוְלִבּוֹdoesיַעֲשֶׂהwickedness,אָוֶןto practiceלַעֲשׂוֹתgodlessnessחֹנֶףand to speakוּלְדַבֵּרerrorתּוֹעָהagainst YHWH,אֶל יְהוָהto leave emptyלְהָרִיקthe soulנֶפֶשׁof the hungry,רָעֵבand the drinkוּמַשְׁקֶהof the thirstyצָמֵאhe makes fail.יַחְסִיר
foolish, fool
Foolish, a fool: not one who knows little, but one who lives without regard for God.
Where else “naval” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appearsoutrage, folly
Outrage, disgraceful folly: a shameful act that gravely offends the whole community.
Where else “nevala” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appearswickedness
The evil one does.
Where else “aven” appearsgodlessness
Godlessness, wickedness that defiles.
Where else “chonef” appearserror
Words that lead away from the truth about God.
Where else “toa” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsempty
To leave a sack, jar or net without its contents, pouring them out.
Where else “harik” appearsappetite
Hunger or craving; the throat.
Where else “nefesh” appearshungry
Hungry, suffering hunger.
Where else “raev” appearsdrink
What is drunk, or the vessel to drink from.
Where else “mashke” appearsthirsty
Thirsty; said of land, dry.
Where else “tsame” appearslack, be lacking
Lack, be short of; decrease.
Where else “yachsir” appears5The fool will no longer be called noble, nor will the cheat be said to be a man of rank.
6 · This verse (above)
7And the cheat, his weapons are evil; he plans schemes to ruin the afflicted with words of falsehood, even when the needy speaks what is just.
