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Whyלָמָּהis thisזֶּהpriceמְחִירin the handבְּיַדof the senselessכְּסִילto acquireלִקְנוֹתwisdom,חָכְמָהwhen senseוְלֶבthere is none?אָיִן
Proverbs 17:16
Study it in the app“Why is this price in the hand of the senseless to acquire wisdom, when sense there is none?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 17:16, word by word
- priceמְחִירmechir
price, payment
Price, payment.
Where else “mechir” appears- in the handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of the senselessכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears- to acquireקְנוֹתkenot
acquire
To get something: "get wisdom".
Where else “kenot” appears- wisdomחָכְמָהchachma
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appears- when senseלֶבlev
mind
The mind: "lacking heart" means foolish.
Where else “lev” appears
The context
15Whoever declares the wicked righteous and whoever declares the righteous wicked, an abomination to YHWH are both of them.
16 · This verse (above)
17At all times the friend loves, and a brother is born for distress.