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Like snowכַּשֶּׁלֶגin summerבַּקַּיִץand like rainוְכַמָּטָרin harvest,בַּקָּצִירsoכֵּןhonorכָּבוֹדis notלֹאfittingנָאוֶהfor a senseless man.לִכְסִיל
Proverbs 26:1
Study it in the app“Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a senseless man.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:1, word by word
- Like snowשֶּׁלֶגsheleg
snow
Snow.
Where else “sheleg” appears- in summerקַּיִץkayits
summer
The hot, dry season of the year, when fruit ripens.
Where else “kayits” appears- and like rainמָּטָרmatar
rain
Rain.
Where else “matar” appears- in harvestקָּצִירkatsir
harvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “katsir” appears- honorכָּבוֹדkavod
honor
Literally "weight": respect, good name; or one's inner self.
Where else “kavod” appears- fittingנָאוֶהnave
fitting
What suits someone, what fits him.
Where else “nave” appears- for a senseless manכְסִילchesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “chesil” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Like a sparrow in its wandering, like a swallow in its flying, so a curse without cause does not arrive.