Proverbs 30:18

“Three things are too wonderful for me, and four I do not understand:”

Proverbs 30:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Proverbs 30:18, word by word

Three thingsשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

Where else “shelosha” appears
too wonderfulנִפְלְאוּniflu

wonder

What YHWH does, beyond what a person can do or understand.

Where else “niflu” appears
fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa

four

Four.

Where else “arbaa” appears
understandיְדַעְתִּיyedati

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “yedati” appears

The context

17The eye that mocks a father and despises obedience to a mother, the ravens of the valley will pick it out, and the young of the eagle will eat it.

18 · This verse (above)

19the way of the eagle in the heavens, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

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