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The legsשֹׁקַיִםof the lameמִפִּסֵּחַhang limp;דַּלְיוּso isוּa proverbמָשָׁלin the mouthבְּפִיof the senseless.כְסִילִים
Proverbs 26:7
Study it in the app“The legs of the lame hang limp; so is a proverb in the mouth of the senseless.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:7, word by word
- The legsשֹׁקַיִםshokayim
thigh, leg
Thigh, leg of an animal or a person.
Where else “shokayim” appears- of the lameפִּסֵּחַpiseach
lame
Lame.
Where else “piseach” appears- hang limpדַּלְיוּdalyu
hang limp
To hang in the air without support, swinging.
Where else “dalyu” appears- a proverbמָשָׁלmashal
proverb
A short, wise saying.
Where else “mashal” appears- in the mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- of the senselessכְסִילִיםchesilim
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “chesilim” appears
The context
6He cuts off his own feet, he drinks violence, who sends words by the hand of a senseless man.
7 · This verse (above)
8Like binding a stone in a sling, so is whoever gives honor to a senseless man.