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A whipשׁוֹטfor the horse,לַסּוּסa bridleמֶתֶגfor the donkey,לַחֲמוֹרandוְa rodשֵׁבֶטfor the backלְגֵוof the senseless.כְּסִילִים
Proverbs 26:3
Study it in the app“A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of the senseless.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:3, word by word
- A whipשׁוֹטshot
whip, scourge
Whip, scourge: a lash for striking animals or people. It is also used as an image of a punishment.
Where else “shot” appears- for the horseסּוּסsus
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “sus” appears- a bridleמֶתֶגmeteg
bridle, bit
Bridle: the piece put in a horse's mouth to guide it (Psalm 32:9; Proverbs 26:3). In 2 Kings 19:28 YHWH says he will put it in the lips of the king of Assyria to turn him back.
Where else “meteg” appears- for the donkeyחֲמוֹרchamor
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamor” appears- a rodשֵׁבֶטshevet
rod
A stick for guiding or correcting; the king's sign of power.
Where else “shevet” appears- for the backגֵוgev
back
The back of the body, where the blows of punishment fell.
Where else “gev” appears- of the senselessכְּסִילִיםkesilim
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesilim” appears
The context
2Like a sparrow in its wandering, like a swallow in its flying, so a curse without cause does not arrive.
3 · This verse (above)
4Do not answer a senseless man according to his folly, lest you become like him yourself also.