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Let a strangerזָרpraise you,יְהַלֶּלְךָand notוְלֹאyour own mouth;פִיךָa foreigner,נָכְרִיand notוְאַלyour own lips.שְׂפָתֶיךָ
Proverbs 27:2
Study it in the app“Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth; a foreigner, and not your own lips.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 27:2, word by word
- Let a strangerזָרzar
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zar” appears- praise youיְהַלֶּלְyehalel
praise
To celebrate someone's greatness with voice and song, above all YHWH's.
Where else “yehalel” appears- your own mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- a foreignerנָכְרִיnachri
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachri” appears- your own lipsשְׂפָתֶיsefate
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefate” appears
The context
1Do not boast about the day of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day will give birth to.
2 · This verse (above)
3Heavy is the stone, and a burden the sand, but the vexation of a fool is heavier than both of them.