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Whoever digsכֹּרֶהa pitשַּׁחַתwill fallיִפֹּלinto it,בָּהּandוְwhoever rollsגֹלֵלa stone,אֶבֶןon himאֵלָיוit will come back.תָּשׁוּב
Proverbs 26:27
Study it in the app“Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever rolls a stone, on him it will come back.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:27, word by word
- Whoever digsכֹּרֶהkore
dig
To dig a well or a grave.
Where else “kore” appears- a pitשַּׁחַתshachat
pit
A dug hole, sometimes a trap.
Where else “shachat” appears- will fallיִפֹּלyipol
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yipol” appears- whoever rollsגֹלֵלgolel
roll
To turn something over and over, or wallow.
Where else “golel” appears- a stoneאֶבֶןeven
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appears- it will come backתָּשׁוּבtashuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashuv” appears
The context
26Though hatred is covered with pretense, his evil will be revealed in the assembly.
27 · This verse (above)
28A tongue of falsehood hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth works ruin.