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Do notאַלanswerתַּעַןa senseless manכְּסִילaccording to his folly,כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹlestפֶּןyou become likeתִּשְׁוֶהhimלּוֹyourselfאָתָּהalso.גַם
Proverbs 26:4
Study it in the app“Do not answer a senseless man according to his folly, lest you become like him yourself also.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:4, word by word
- answerתַּעַןtaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “taan” appears- a senseless manכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears- according to his follyאִוַּלְתּivalt
folly
Folly: acting without thinking, without regard for God or for the consequences.
Where else “ivalt” appears- you become likeתִּשְׁוֶהtishve
be equal
To match, have the same value.
Where else “tishve” appears
The context
3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of the senseless.
4 · This verse (above)
5Answer a senseless man according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.