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Like sportכִּשְׂחוֹקto the senseless oneלִכְסִילis doingעֲשׂוֹתinfamy,זִמָּהandוְwisdomחָכְמָהto a manלְאִישׁof insight.תְּבוּנָה
Proverbs 10:23
Study it in the app“Like sport to the senseless one is doing infamy, and wisdom to a man of insight.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 10:23, word by word
- Like sportשְׂחוֹקsechok
sport
Something done for pastime, not in earnest.
Where else “sechok” appears- to the senseless oneכְסִילchesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “chesil” appears- is doingעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- infamyזִמָּהzima
lewdness
A shameful deed, especially sexual.
Where else “zima” appears- wisdomחָכְמָהchachma
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appears- to a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of insightתְּבוּנָהtevuna
understanding
Understanding: the ability to understand and to find the right way.
Where else “tevuna” appears
The context
22The blessing of YHWH, it makes rich, and it does not add weariness with it.
23 · This verse (above)
24What the wicked dreads, that will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.