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The mouthפִּיof the senselessכְסִילis ruinמְחִתָּהto him,לוֹand his lipsוּשְׂפָתָיוa snareמוֹקֵשׁto his soul.נַפְשׁוֹ
Proverbs 18:7
Study it in the app“The mouth of the senseless is ruin to him, and his lips a snare to his soul.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 18:7, word by word
- The mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- of the senselessכְסִילchesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “chesil” appears- is ruinמְחִתָּהmechita
ruin
The end that overtakes whoever sinks: the fall and the disaster.
Where else “mechita” appears- and his lipsשְׂפָתָיsefatay
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatay” appears- a snareמוֹקֵשׁmokesh
snare
Snare, trap for hunting; whatever makes someone fall.
Where else “mokesh” appears- to his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears
The context
6The lips of the senseless enter into a dispute, and his mouth calls for blows.
7 · This verse (above)
8The words of a grumbler are like delicious morsels, and they go down into the inner rooms of the belly.