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Answerעֲנֵהa senseless manכְסִילaccording to his folly,כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹlestפֶּןhe beיִהְיֶהwiseחָכָםin his own eyes.בְּעֵינָיו
Proverbs 26:5
Study it in the app“Answer a senseless man according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:5, word by word
- Answerעֲנֵהane
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “ane” appears- a senseless manכְסִילchesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “chesil” appears- according to his follyאִוַּלְתּivalt
folly
Folly: acting without thinking, without regard for God or for the consequences.
Where else “ivalt” appears- he beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- wiseחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- in his own eyesעֵינָיenay
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enay” appears
The context
4Do not answer a senseless man according to his folly, lest you become like him yourself also.
5 · This verse (above)
6He cuts off his own feet, he drinks violence, who sends words by the hand of a senseless man.