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Silverכֶּסֶףof drossסִיגִיםoverlaidמְצֻפֶּהonעַלearthenware,חָרֶשׂare burningדֹּלְקִיםlipsשְׂפָתַיִםandוְan evilרָעheart.לֶב
Proverbs 26:23
Study it in the app“Silver of dross overlaid on earthenware, are burning lips and an evil heart.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:23, word by word
- Silverכֶּסֶףkesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kesef” appears- of drossסִיגִיםsigim
dross
Dross, what is left over and thrown away when metals are melted and refined.
Where else “sigim” appears- overlaidמְצֻפֶּהmetsupe
overlay
Overlay, cover with a sheet of metal.
Where else “metsupe” appears- earthenwareחָרֶשׂchares
earthenware
Baked clay, earthenware; a piece of pottery.
Where else “chares” appears- are burningדֹּלְקִיםdolkim
burn
To blaze, or make something burn with a fierce fire.
Where else “dolkim” appears- lipsשְׂפָתַיִםsefatayim
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatayim” appears- an evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- heartלֶבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears
The context
22The words of a grumbler are like delicious morsels, and they go down into the inner rooms of the belly.
23 · This verse (above)
24With his lips the one who hates disguises himself, and within himself he lays up deceit.