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An archerרַבwho woundsמְחוֹלֵלeveryoneכֹּלis whoever hiresוְשֹׂכֵרa senseless man,כְּסִילand whoever hiresוְשֹׂכֵרthose who pass by.עֹבְרִים
Proverbs 26:10
Study it in the app“An archer who wounds everyone is whoever hires a senseless man, and whoever hires those who pass by.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:10, word by word
- An archerרַבrav
chief
Literally "the great one": the one over a group, like the guard.
Where else “rav” appears- who woundsמְחוֹלֵלmecholel
General meaning: Writhe; give birth.
Where else “mecholel” appears- is whoever hiresשֹׂכֵרsocher
hire
Hire: pay someone for work or for the use of something.
Where else “socher” appears- a senseless manכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears- those who pass byעֹבְרִיםovrim
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ovrim” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew of this verse is obscure and has been understood in several ways; here it is translated word for word.
The context
9A thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of the senseless.
10 · This verse (above)
11Like a dog that returns to its vomit is a senseless man who repeats his folly.