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Like vinegarכַּחֹמֶץto the teeth,לַשִּׁנַּיִםandוְlike smokeכֶעָשָׁןto the eyes,לָעֵינָיִםso isכֵּןthe sluggardהֶעָצֵלto those who send him.לְשֹׁלְחָיו
Proverbs 10:26
Study it in the app“Like vinegar to the teeth, and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 10:26, word by word
- Like vinegarחֹמֶץchomets
vinegar
Vinegar.
Where else “chomets” appears- to the teethשִּׁנַּיִםshinayim
tooth
The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.
Where else “shinayim” appears- like smokeעָשָׁןashan
smoke
Smoke.
Where else “ashan” appears- to the eyesעֵינָיִםenayim
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enayim” appears- the sluggardעָצֵלatsel
sluggard, lazy
Lazy, sluggish; the sluggard, one who will not work.
Where else “atsel” appears- to those who send himשֹׁלְחָיsholchay
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “sholchay” appears
The context
25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked one is no more, but the righteous one is a foundation forever.
26 · This verse (above)
27The fear of YHWH adds days, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.