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Do you seeרָאִיתָa manאִישׁwiseחָכָםin his own eyes?בְּעֵינָיוThere is more hopeתִּקְוָהfor a senseless manלִכְסִילthan for him.מִמֶּנּוּ
Proverbs 26:12
Study it in the app“Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a senseless man than for him.”
There is more hope for a fool than for someone who thinks he is wiseWisdom
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:12, word by word
- Do you seeרָאִיתָraita
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raita” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- wiseחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- in his own eyesעֵינָיenay
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enay” appears- There is more hopeתִּקְוָהtikva
hope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikva” 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
11Like a dog that returns to its vomit is a senseless man who repeats his folly.
12 · This verse (above)
13The sluggard says, “A fierce lion is in the road! A lion among the squares!”