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Understand,בִּינוּyou stupid onesבֹּעֲרִיםamong the people;בָּעָםand you foolish ones,וּכְסִילִיםwhenמָתַיwill you have insight?תַּשְׂכִּילוּ
Psalms 94:8
Study it in the app“Understand, you stupid ones among the people; and you foolish ones, when will you have insight?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 94:8, word by word
- Understandבִּינוּbinu
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “binu” appears- you stupid onesבֹּעֲרִיםboarim
be dull
Another word spelled the same: to be stupid, brutish.
Where else “boarim” appears- among the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and you foolish onesכְסִילִיםchesilim
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “chesilim” appears- whenמָתַיmatay
when?
When? How long?
Where else “matay” appears- will you have insightתַּשְׂכִּילוּtaskilu
act wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “taskilu” appears
The context
7And they say, “Yah does not see, and the Elohim of Jacob does not understand.”
8 · This verse (above)
9He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not look?