Verse 9

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.26.9", "source": "ח֭וֹחַ עָלָ֣ה בְיַד־שִׁכּ֑וֹר וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל בְּפִ֣י כְסִילִֽים׃", "text": "*Ḥoaḥ* *alah* in-hand-of-*shikkor*, and-*mashal* in-mouth-of *kesilim*.", "grammar": { "*ḥoaḥ*": "noun, masculine, singular - thorn", "*alah*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - goes up", "*be*": "preposition - in", "*yad*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - hand of", "*shikkor*": "adjective, masculine, singular - drunkard", "*umashal*": "conjunction with noun, masculine, singular - and a proverb", "*be*": "preposition - in", "*pi*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - mouth of", "*kesilim*": "noun, masculine, plural - fools" }, "variants": { "*ḥoaḥ*": "thorn/bramble/thistle", "*alah*": "goes up/rises/climbs", "*yad*": "hand/power", "*shikkor*": "drunkard/drunk person", "*mashal*": "proverb/parable/saying", "*pi*": "mouth/speech", "*kesilim*": "fools/stupid persons" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:35 : 35 { "verseID": "Proverbs.23.35", "source": "הִכּ֥וּנִי בַל־חָלִיתִי֮ הֲלָמ֗וּנִי בַּל־יָ֫דָ֥עְתִּי מָתַ֥י אָקִ֑יץ א֝וֹסִ֗יף אֲבַקְשֶׁ֥נּוּ עֽוֹד׃", "text": "\"*hikkûnî bal-ḥālîṯî*, *hălāmûnî bal-yāḏāʿtî*; when *māṯay ʾāqîṣ*? *ʾôsîp̄ ʾăḇaqšennû ʿôḏ*.\"", "grammar": { "*hikkûnî*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural + 1st person common singular suffix - they struck me", "*bal-ḥālîṯî*": "negative particle + qal perfect, 1st person common singular - I was not sick/hurt", "*hălāmûnî*": "qal perfect, 3rd person common plural + 1st person common singular suffix - they beat me", "*bal-yāḏāʿtî*": "negative particle + qal perfect, 1st person common singular - I did not know", "*māṯay*": "interrogative adverb - when", "*ʾāqîṣ*": "hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular - I will awake", "*ʾôsîp̄*": "hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular - I will add/continue", "*ʾăḇaqšennû*": "piel imperfect, 1st person common singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I will seek it", "*ʿôḏ*": "adverb - again/still/yet" }, "variants": { "*hikkûnî bal-ḥālîṯî*": "they struck me, I was not hurt/they hit me, I felt no pain", "*hălāmûnî bal-yāḏāʿtî*": "they beat me, I did not know it/they struck me, I was unaware", "*māṯay ʾāqîṣ*": "when will I awake/when will I regain consciousness", "*ʾôsîp̄ ʾăḇaqšennû ʿôḏ*": "I will seek it again/I will continue looking for it more" } }