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ForכִּיIאָנֹכִיam more brutishבַעַרthan any man,מֵאִישׁandוְI do not haveלֹא לִיthe understandingבִינַתof a human being.אָדָם
Proverbs 30:2
Study it in the app“For I am more brutish than any man, and I do not have the understanding of a human being.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 30:2, word by word
- am more brutishבַעַרvaar
brutish, stupid
Brutish, stupid: a person who does not reason, like an animal. It comes from the word for "cattle".
Where else “vaar” appears- than any manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- the understandingבִינַתvinat
understanding
Understanding: the ability to comprehend and to tell one thing from another.
Where else “vinat” appears- of a human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears
The context
1The words of Agur, son of Jakeh, the burden. The oracle of the man to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
2 · This verse (above)
3And I have not learned wisdom, nor do I know the knowledge of the Holy One.