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Whoever plansמְחַשֵּׁבto do evil,לְהָרֵעַthey will callיִקְרָאוּhimלוֹa masterבַּעַלof schemes.מְזִמּוֹת
Proverbs 24:8
Study it in the app“Whoever plans to do evil, they will call him a master of schemes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 24:8, word by word
- Whoever plansמְחַשֵּׁבmechashev
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “mechashev” appears- to do evilהָרֵעַharea
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “harea” appears- they will callיִקְרָאוּyikrau
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikrau” appears- a masterבַּעַלbaal
one having
Literally "lord of": one marked by something, like the "lord of dreams", a dreamer.
Where else “baal” appears- of schemesמְזִמּוֹתmezimot
plan
What one plots, often evil.
Where else “mezimot” appears
The context
7Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
8 · This verse (above)
9The infamy of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.