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The senselessכְּסִילtakes noלֹאpleasureיַחְפֹּץin insight,בִּתְבוּנָהbut onlyכִּי אִםin revealingבְּהִתְגַּלּוֹתhis heart.לִבּוֹ
Proverbs 18:2
Study it in the app“The senseless takes no pleasure in insight, but only in revealing his heart.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 18:2, word by word
- The senselessכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears- pleasureיַחְפֹּץyachpots
delight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “yachpots” appears- in insightתְבוּנָהtevuna
understanding
Understanding: the ability to understand and to find the right way.
Where else “tevuna” appears- in revealingהִתְגַּלּוֹתhitgalot
reveal
To make known, show openly.
Where else “hitgalot” appears- his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears
The context
1One who separates himself seeks his own desire; against all sound judgment he breaks out.
2 · This verse (above)
3When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with disgrace, reproach.