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Like a sparrowכַּצִּפּוֹרin its wandering,לָנוּדlike a swallowכַּדְּרוֹרin its flying,לָעוּףsoכֵּןa curseקִלְלַתwithout causeחִנָּםdoes notלוֹarrive.תָבֹא
Proverbs 26:2
Study it in the app“Like a sparrow in its wandering, like a swallow in its flying, so a curse without cause does not arrive.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:2, word by word
- Like a sparrowצִּפּוֹרtsipor
bird
Bird, small bird.
Where else “tsipor” appears- in its wanderingנוּדnud
wander
To roam, run off.
Where else “nud” appears- like a swallowדְּרוֹרderor
swallow
A swallow, or a similar bird of swift flight.
Where else “deror” appears- in its flyingעוּףuf
fly
To move through the air with wings, like birds and seraphim.
Where else “uf” appears- a curseקִלְלַתkillat
curse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “killat” appears- without causeחִנָּםchinam
without cause
With no reason or guilt to justify it.
Where else “chinam” appears- arriveתָבֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears
Translation note
This is how it is written (“not”); the traditional reading aloud says “to him”: “the curse without cause will come to him.”
The context
1Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a senseless man.
2 · This verse (above)
3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of the senseless.