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He cuts offמְקַצֶּהhis own feet,רַגְלַיִםhe drinksשֹׁתֶהviolence,חָמָסwho sendsשֹׁלֵחַwordsדְּבָרִיםby the handבְּיַדof a senseless man.כְּסִיל
Proverbs 26:6
Study it in the app“He cuts off his own feet, he drinks violence, who sends words by the hand of a senseless man.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:6, word by word
- He cuts offמְקַצֶּהmekatse
cut off
To take a piece off something; to make it smaller and smaller.
Where else “mekatse” appears- his own feetרַגְלַיִםraglayim
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglayim” appears- he drinksשֹׁתֶהshote
drink
Drink.
Where else “shote” appears- violenceחָמָסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- who sendsשֹׁלֵחַsholeach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “sholeach” appears- wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- by the handיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- of a senseless manכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears
The context
5Answer a senseless man according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6 · This verse (above)
7The legs of the lame hang limp; so is a proverb in the mouth of the senseless.