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Like a madmanכְּמִתְלַהְלֵהַּwho shootsהַיֹּרֶהfirebrands,זִקִּיםarrows,חִצִּיםand death,וָמָוֶת
Proverbs 26:18
Study it in the app“Like a madman who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:18, word by word
- Like a madmanמִתְלַהְלֵהַּmitlahleha
act madly
To be out of one's mind; act crazy.
Where else “mitlahleha” appears- who shootsיֹּרֶהyore
shoot
To loose arrows from a bow and wound with them.
Where else “yore” appears- firebrandsזִקִּיםzikim
firebrand
Burning sticks or fire-arrows.
Where else “zikim” appears- arrowsחִצִּיםchitsim
arrow
Arrow.
Where else “chitsim” appears- and deathמָוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears
The context
17One who seizes by the ears a dog is he who, passing by, becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.
18 · This verse (above)
19so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Was I not joking?”