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The sluggardעָצֵלsays,אָמַר“A fierce lionשַׁחַלis in the road!בַּדָּרֶךְA lionאֲרִיamongבֵּיןthe squares!”הָרְחֹבוֹת
Proverbs 26:13
Study it in the app“The sluggard says, “A fierce lion is in the road! A lion among the squares!””
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:13, word by word
- The sluggardעָצֵלatsel
sluggard, lazy
Lazy, sluggish; the sluggard, one who will not work.
Where else “atsel” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- “A fierce lionשַׁחַלshachal
lion
A lion; one of several Hebrew words for this animal, presenting it as fierce.
Where else “shachal” appears- is in the roadדָּרֶךְdarech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darech” appears- A lionאֲרִיari
lion
Lion.
Where else “ari” appears- the squaresרְחֹבוֹתrechovot
square
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechovot” appears
The context
12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a senseless man than for him.
13 · This verse (above)
14The door turns on its hinge, and the sluggard on his bed.