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The wiseחֲכָמִיםwill inheritיִנְחָלוּhonor,כָּבוֹדbutוּthe senselessכְסִילִיםcarry offמֵרִיםdisgrace.קָלוֹן
Proverbs 3:35
Study it in the app“The wise will inherit honor, but the senseless carry off disgrace.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 3:35, word by word
- The wiseחֲכָמִיםchachamim
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamim” appears- will inheritיִנְחָלוּyinchalu
inherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “yinchalu” appears- honorכָּבוֹדkavod
honor
Literally "weight": respect, good name; or one's inner self.
Where else “kavod” appears- the senselessכְסִילִיםchesilim
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “chesilim” appears- carry offמֵרִיםmerim
lift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “merim” appears- disgraceקָלוֹןkalon
disgrace, shame
Dishonor, public shame, disgrace.
Where else “kalon” appears
The context
34If he scoffs at the scoffers, then to the humble he gives favor.
35 · This verse (above)