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Let a manבְּאִישׁmeetפָּגוֹשׁa bearדֹּבrobbed of her cubs,שַׁכּוּלand notוְאַלa senseless manכְּסִילin his folly.בְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ
Proverbs 17:12
Study it in the app“Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, and not a senseless man in his folly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 17:12, word by word
- Let a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- meetפָּגוֹשׁpagosh
meet
Meet someone, come upon, encounter.
Where else “pagosh” appears- a bearדֹּבdov
bear
Bear.
Where else “dov” appears- robbed of her cubsשַׁכּוּלshakul
bereaved
Deprived of children or young; said of one who has lost them. A she-bear robbed of her cubs is an image of very great fury (2 Samuel 17:8; Hosea 13:8; Proverbs 17:12).
Where else “shakul” appears- a senseless manכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears- in his follyאִוַּלְתּivalt
folly
Folly: acting without thinking, without regard for God or for the consequences.
Where else “ivalt” appears
The context
11The evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
12 · This verse (above)
13Whoever returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.