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A thornחוֹחַthat goes upעָלָהinto the handבְיַדof a drunkard,שִׁכּוֹרso is a proverbוּמָשָׁלin the mouthבְּפִיof the senseless.כְסִילִים
Proverbs 26:9
Study it in the app“A thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of the senseless.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 26:9, word by word
- A thornחוֹחַchoach
thistle
A wild plant full of prickles that grows on abandoned land.
Where else “choach” appears- that goes upעָלָהala
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appears- into the handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of a drunkardשִׁכּוֹרshikor
drunk
Drunk: one who has drunk too much wine.
Where else “shikor” appears- so is 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
8Like binding a stone in a sling, so is whoever gives honor to a senseless man.
9 · This verse (above)
10An archer who wounds everyone is whoever hires a senseless man, and whoever hires those who pass by.