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A rebukeגְּעָרָהgoes deeperתֵּחַת מֵinto the discerningבְמֵבִיןthan a hundredמֵאָהblowsהַכּוֹתinto the senseless.כְּסִיל
Proverbs 17:10
Study it in the app“A rebuke goes deeper into the discerning than a hundred blows into the senseless.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 17:10, word by word
- A rebukeגְּעָרָהgeara
rebuke
A rebuke: a strong word that scolds or stops someone. Of God, the command before which the sea or the enemies draw back.
Where else “geara” appears- goes deeperתֵּחַתtechat
sink in
To go in deep until it sinks into the one who receives it.
Where else “techat” appears- into the discerningמֵבִיןmevin
be skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “mevin” appears- than a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- blowsהַכּוֹתhakot
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “hakot” appears- into the senselessכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears
The context
9Whoever covers a transgression seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.
10 · This verse (above)
11The evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.