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The sluggardעָצֵלis wiserחָכָםin his own eyesבְּעֵינָיוthan sevenמִשִּׁבְעָהwho answerמְשִׁיבֵיwith judgment.טָעַם
Proverbs 26:16
Study it in the app“The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven who answer with judgment.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:16, word by word
- The sluggardעָצֵלatsel
sluggard, lazy
Lazy, sluggish; the sluggard, one who will not work.
Where else “atsel” appears- is wiserחָכָםchacham
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- than sevenשִּׁבְעָהshiva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appears- who answerמְשִׁיבֵיmeshive
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “meshive” appears- with judgmentטָעַםtaam
discernment
The ability to see what is fitting and choose well.
Where else “taam” appears
The context
15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too weary to bring it back to his mouth.
16 · This verse (above)
17One who seizes by the ears a dog is he who, passing by, becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.