Proverbs 26:6 — Word Study
WLCמְקַצֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַיִם חָמָ֣ס שֹׁתֶ֑ה שֹׁלֵ֖חַ דְּבָרִ֣ים בְּיַד־ כְּסִֽיל׃
BSALike cutting offqâtsâh [completely severing] one’s own feetregel [ability to move forward] or drinkingshâthâh [consuming, swallowing] ◂violencechâmâç [cruelty, injustice] is the sendingshâlach [dispatching, entrusting] of a messagedâbâr [important information, a matter] by the handyâd [care, agency] of a foolkᵉçîyl [stupid, silly, one who rejects God]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| מְקַצֶּ֣ה | [one who] cuts off | Verb, Piel, participle (active) masculine singular |
| רַ֭גְלַיִם | feet | Noun common, feminine dual absolute |
| חָמָ֣ס | violence | Noun common, masculine singular absolute |
| שֹׁתֶ֑ה | [one who] drinks | Verb, Qal, participle (active) masculine singular |
| שֹׁלֵ֖חַ | [one who] sends | Verb, Qal, participle (active) masculine singular |
| דְּבָרִ֣ים | words | Noun common, masculine plural absolute |
| בְּיַד־ | by [the] hand of | Preposition, noun common both singular construct |
| כְּסִֽיל׃ | a fool | Adj |
Every word in the verse. Click a row to open it in the panel on the left.
| BSB | Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool. |
| KJV | He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. |
| ASV | He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage. |
| YLT | He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool. |
| WEB | One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence. |
| BBE | He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage. |
Where they part company is כְּסִיל — see How Translations Differ.
The verse features a main clause with comparative phrases illustrating the absurdity of the action.
8 commentators on this verse
Gill, Jamieson, Poole, Trapp & more — read them ›
clause
verbקָצָה
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Deep Study — Proverbs 26:6
Sections marked generated are written from the data on this page rather than by a named author. Everything else — the lexicon entries, the cross references, the manuscript readings, the counts — is quoted from its source unchanged.
Context — Wisdom and Folly in Proverbsgenerated
Proverbs 26:6 illustrates the folly of relying on foolish individuals for important matters. The surrounding verses emphasize the contrast between wisdom and foolishness, urging discernment in communication and decision-making. This section serves as a warning against the dangers of engaging with those who lack understanding, as seen in Proverbs 26:5 and 26:7.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proverbs 10:26 | Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him. |
| 2 | Proverbs 13:17 | A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing. |
| 3 | Proverbs 25:13 | Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters. |
| 4 | Numbers 13:31 | But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!” |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 4 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — כְּסִיל, ke.Silgenerated
The word כְּסִיל (ke.Sil) is an adjective describing a fool, someone who acts without wisdom or understanding. It is derived from a root that implies foolishness or simplicity. This term is often used in the context of rejecting God's wisdom, highlighting the negative consequences of such behavior.
In this verse, the term emphasizes the absurdity of sending a message by the hand of a fool, equating it with self-destructive actions. The implication is that engaging with a fool can lead to harmful outcomes, just as cutting off one's own feet would severely hinder one's ability to move forward.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, which uses fool for כְּסִיל. The KJV, ASV, and others agree with this rendering, maintaining the same meaning.
The FBV opts for stupid, which conveys a similar idea but with a slightly different tone. The translations largely align on the meaning of the term, emphasizing the foolishness of the individual referenced.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The verse consists of a main clause and several phrases describing the foolish actions. The finite verb שֹׁלֵ֖חַ (sho.Le.ach), meaning 'sends', governs the sentence, with the participial phrases detailing the actions of cutting off feet and drinking violence.
The structure highlights the absurdity of the comparison, with the main action of sending being juxtaposed with the destructive imagery of cutting and drinking, illustrating the folly of the act.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates מְקַצֶּ֣ה as ἐκ (ek), indicating a sense of separation or removal. This choice reflects the idea of cutting off, aligning with the Hebrew meaning but potentially broadening the interpretation to include a sense of distance.
The Greek word for כְּסִיל is ἄφρονος (aphronos), which emphasizes a lack of understanding or insight, reinforcing the negative portrayal of the fool in this verse.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Proverbs 26:6 compares sending a message through a fool to self-harm or consuming violence. It warns against relying on foolish people for important information, suggesting that such actions can lead to harmful consequences.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
It means to rely on someone lacking wisdom or understanding to convey important information, which can lead to misunderstandings or harm.
It emphasizes the theme of wisdom versus folly, warning against engaging with foolish individuals as seen in Proverbs 26:5.
Foolish behavior can lead to destructive outcomes, as highlighted by the metaphor of cutting off one's own feet.
It illustrates the self-destructive nature of foolish actions and decisions, emphasizing the inability to move forward.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what ways have I relied on foolish advice in my life, and what were the outcomes?
- How can I discern wise counsel from foolishness in my decision-making?
- What steps can I take to ensure I communicate important messages through trustworthy individuals?
- How does this verse challenge my understanding of wisdom and folly?
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Proverbs 26:6 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleHe that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool,.... Who knows not how to deliver it in a proper manner, and is incapable of taking the answer, and reporting it as he should; or unfaithful in it, and
Read John Gill on Proverbs 26 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryHe that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
Read Robert Jamieson on Proverbs 26 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleHe that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool, he that employeth a fool upon any important errand or business which is too hard for him, cutteth off the feet, to wit, of his messenger; he bids one go that wants legs; he sends one who wants that discretion, which is as necessary for that employment as legs are for going. Drinketh damage; he bringeth upon himself abundance of loss and mischief, not only spoiling that business about which he sends him, but making himself contemptible to the person to whom he sends him, and to others with him, as if he had not common prudence to choose a fit messenger, and giving occasion, by the folly of his messenger, to further misunderstandings, and…
Read Matthew Poole on Proverbs 26 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsProverbs 26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.Ver. 6. He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool.] The worth of a faithful messenger he had set forth; here, the discommodity of a foolish one - such as were the spies Moses sent. So when the prophet proves a fool, and the "spiritual man is mad," things go on as heavily as if feet were wanting to a traveller, or as if a messenger had lost his legs.
Read John Trapp on Proverbs 26 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) Cutteth off the feet.—He wants his business done, but if he sends a fool to do it, he might as well cut off his messenger’s legs, for the business will not be transacted; nay, worse than this, he will “drink damage,” i.e., suffer positive mischief from the blundering of his emissary.
Read Charles John Ellicott on Proverbs 26 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 6. Cutteth off the feet] Sending by such a person is utterly useless. My old MS. Bible translates well: Halt in feet and drinking wickednesse that sendith wordis bi a foole messager. Nothing but lameness in himself can vindicate his sending it by such hands; and, after all, the expedient will be worse than the total omission, for he is likely to drink wickedness, i.e., the mischief occasioned by the fool's misconduct. Coverdale nearly hits the sense as usual: "He is lame of his fete, yee dronken is he in vanite, that committeth eny thinge to a foole."
Read AdamClarke on Proverbs 26 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges6. the feet] Rather his own feet, R.V. By choosing such a messenger he robs himself by his own act of the means of attaining his end, and suffers accordingly.
Read Cambridge on Proverbs 26 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleCutteth off the feet - Mutilates him, spoils the work which the messenger ought to fulfill. Drinketh damage - i. e., “has to drink full draughts of shame and loss” (compare Job 15:16).
Read Albert Barnes on Proverbs 26 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.
Tyndale line
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a foole, is as he that cutteth off the feete, and drinketh iniquitie.
Strictly literal
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh damage.
He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, || Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
He choppeth off the feet, and drinketh vexation, that sendeth important messages by the hand of a fool.
Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
From the Latin
He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.
Simplified
Trusting someone stupid to deliver a message is like cutting off your feet or drinking poison.
He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.
Word by word, the decisions they made
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text aligns with the Septuagint in most words, with both emphasizing the folly of sending messages through foolish individuals. The Septuagint's wording, while different in order, retains the core meaning of the Hebrew.
מְקַצֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַיִם חָמָ֣ס שֹׁתֶ֑ה שֹׁלֵ֖חַ דְּבָרִ֣ים בְּיַד־ כְּסִֽיל׃
7 of the 8 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Proverbs 26:6
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
קָצָה (qatsah) is a Hebrew verb meaning to cut off, with various nuances including to destroy or scrape off. It appears in different forms: Qal (cutting off), Piel (to cut off in Israel), and Hiphil (to scrape). The entries indicate its usage in contexts involving severing or removing.
[קָצָה] vb. cut off
Qal cutting off many peoples
Pi. to cut off in Israel
Hiph. scrape, scrape off
base
H7096 קָצָה
7096 qatsah kaw-tsaw'
a primitive root; to cut off; (figuratively) to destroy;
(partially) to scrape off:--cut off, cut short, scrape (off).
קָצָה (qa.tsah) — to cut off.
1) to cut off
1a) (Qal) to cut off
1b) (Piel) to cut off
1c) (Hiphil) to scrape, scrape off
V-Piel — Verb · Piel · participle (active) masculine singularHVprmsa
רֶ֫גֶל (regel) means 'foot' and can refer to a foot or leg in various contexts, including anthropomorphic references to God and other beings. It also implies steps or paces. The word is derived from a root meaning related to walking, and it appears in multiple forms, such as feet and paces.
רֶ֫גֶל 247 n.f. foot
foot
three times (feet, paces)
base
H7272 רֶ֫גֶל foot . foot
. three times (feet, paces)
7272 regel reh'-gel
from 7270; a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a
step; by euphem. the pudenda:--X be able to endure, X
according as, X after, X coming, X follow,
((broken-))foot((-ed, -stool)), X great toe, X haunt, X
journey, leg, + piss, + possession, time.
see HEBREW for 07270
רֶ֫גֶל (re.gel) — foot.
1) foot
1a) foot, leg
1b) of God (anthropomorphic)
1c) of seraphim, cherubim, idols, animals, table
1d) according to the pace of (with prep)
1e) three times (feet, paces)
Aramaic equivalent: re.gal (רְגַל "foot" H7271)
N-fd — Noun common · feminine dual absoluteHNcfda
→ Bells worn on Isa 3:16,18
→ Washing of, as an example, by Jesus Joh 13:4-14
→ See ABLUTION
חָמָס (chamac) refers to concepts of violence and wrongdoing. It encompasses terms like cruelty, injustice, and unjust gain. The word is built from a root that implies violent actions or dealings. The entries consistently highlight its negative connotations without significant disagreement.
חָמָס n.m. violence, wrong
base
H2555 חָמָס violence, wrong
2555 chamac khaw-mawce'
from 2554; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust
gain:--cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor,
unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing),
wrong.
see HEBREW for 02554
חָמָס (cha.mas) — violence.
violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular absoluteHNcmsa
שָׁתָה (shathah) means 'to drink' and can refer to both literal drinking and figurative uses, such as feasting or experiencing God's wrath. It is a primitive root that appears in various forms, including Qal and Niphal, indicating actions like drinking and being drunk. The lexicons note its connection to the Aramaic equivalent שְׁתָה (she.tah), but do not present significant disagreements.
שָׁתָה 217 vb. drink
Qal 216
Niph. all which is (may be) drunk
base
H8354 שָׁתָה drink
8354 shathah shaw-thaw'
a primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively):--X
assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk
(X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
see HEBREW for 08248
שָׁתָה (sha.tah) — to drink.
1) to drink
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to drink
1a1a) of drinking cup of God's wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig)
1a2) to feast
1b) (Niphal) to be drunk
Aramaic equivalent: she.tah (שְׁתָה "to drink" H8355)
V-Qal — Verb · Qal · participle (active) masculine singularHVqrmsa
The Hebrew word שָׁלַח (shalach) is a primitive root meaning 'to send' with a wide range of applications. It can refer to sending away, stretching out (especially a hand), or letting go. The entries indicate various forms, including sending off, casting out, and setting free. Notably, it can also imply divorce or being sent away in a marital context.
שָׁלַח 814 vb. send
Qal
send: human subj.
send: subj. י׳ (God)
stretch out, esp. acc. hand
rarely send away: human subj.
let loose
Niph. letters were sent
Pi.
send off, away, human subj.
send away, subj. י׳
give over
cast out
send out, forth
let go, set free
shoot forth branches
let down
shoot
Phrases
Pu. be sent off (started on journey); be put away, divorced, of wife; be impelled(?)
Hiph. and I (י׳) will send
base
H7971 שָׁלַח send .. send: human subj.
. send: subj. י׳ (God)
. stretch out, esp. acc. hand
. rarely send away: human subj.
. let loose
. letters were sent
. . send off, away, human subj.
. . send away, subj. י׳
. give over
. cast out
. send out, forth
. let go, set free
. shoot forth branches
. let down
. shoot
. Phrases
. be sent off (started on journey); be put away, divorced, of wife; be impelled(?)
. and I (י׳) will send
7971 shalach shaw-lakh'
a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great
variety of applications):--X any wise, appoint, bring (on the
way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give
(up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose),
push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send
(away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread,
stretch forth (out).
שָׁלַח (sha.lach) — to send: depart.
: depart/send
1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to send
1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct
1a3) to send away
1a4) to let loose
1b) (Niphal) to be sent
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out
1c2) to let go, set free
1c3) to shoot forth (of branches)
1c4) to let down
1c5) to shoot
1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled
1e) (Hiphil) to send
שָׁלַח (sha.lach) — to send: let go.
: let_go/free
1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to send
1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct
1a3) to send away
1a4) to let loose
1b) (Niphal) to be sent
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out
1c2) to let go, set free
1c3) to shoot forth (of branches)
1c4) to let down
1c5) to shoot
V-Qal — Verb · Qal · participle (active) masculine singularHVqrmsa
דָּבָר (dabar) means 'word' or 'speech' and encompasses a range of meanings including discourse, saying, and matter. It can refer to anything spoken or a topic of discussion, extending to concepts like business or affairs. The entries consistently highlight its use in various contexts, but do not indicate any significant disagreement among lexicographers.
דָּבָר 1439 n.m. speech, word
sg. speech, discourse, saying, word, as the sum of that which is spoken
sg. saying, utterance, sentence, as a section of a discourse
sg. a word, words
sg. matter, affair, thing about which one speaks
base
H1697 דָּבָר speech, word . sg. speech, discourse, saying, word, as the sum of that which is spoken
. sg. saying, utterance, sentence, as a section of a discourse
. sg. a word, words
. sg. matter, affair, thing about which one speaks
1697 dabar daw-baw'
from 1696; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or
thing; adverbially, a cause:--act, advice, affair, answer, X
any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case,
cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X
commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, +
dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, +
eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt,
+ iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter,
message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, +
please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose,
question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said,
sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness),
somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that,
X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings,
what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
see HEBREW for 01696
דָּבָר (da.var) — word.
: word/speech/command
1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
דָּבָר (da.var) — word: speaking.
: speaking
1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
דָּבָר (da.var) — word: thing.
: thing/matter
1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
דָּבָר (da.var) — word: promised.
: promised/duty
1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
דָּבָר (da.var) — word: deed.
: deed
N-mp — Noun common · masculine plural absoluteHNcmpa
יָד (yad) means 'hand' and can also refer to strength or power in a figurative sense. It encompasses various technical uses, such as a sign or monument, parts or shares, and even specific components in construction, like axle-trees and supports for the laver. The word is versatile, appearing in both literal and metaphorical contexts.
יָד 1604 n.f. hand
hand
Fig. = strength, power
Fig. = side
יָד is used in various special, technical senses:—
sign, monument
part, fractional part or share
time, repetition
axle-trees
stays, supports for laver
tenons on sides of boards of tabernacle
a (beckoning) hand
יַד with prep.
base
H3027 יָד hand . hand
. Fig. = strength, power
. Fig. = side
. יָד is used in various special, technical senses:— . sign, monument
. part, fractional part or share
. time, repetition
. axle-trees
. stays, supports for laver
. tenons on sides of boards of tabernacle
. a (beckoning) hand
. יַד with prep.
3027 yad yawd
a primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power,
means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed
one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of
applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate
and remote (as follows):--(+ be) able, X about, + armholes,
at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad,
(broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, +
creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship,
force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in,
labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine,
ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain,
power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay,
draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by
them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing,
+ thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side,
יָד (yad) — hand.
: hand/arm[anatomy]
1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists
יָד (yad) — hand: power.
: hand/arm[anatomy]
1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists
יָד (yad) — hand: themselves.
: hand/arm[anatomy]
1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
Prep | N-cs — Preposition · noun common both singular constructHR/Ncbsc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
כְּסִיל (kciyl) refers to a fool or a stupid person. It is derived from a root meaning 'fat' and is used figuratively to describe someone who is foolish, simple-minded, or arrogant. The term appears in various contexts in the Old Testament, emphasizing a lack of wisdom or understanding.
כְּסִיל 70 n.m. stupid fellow, dullard, fool
base
H3684 כְּסִיל
3684 kciyl kes-eel'
from 3688; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or
silly:--fool(-ish).
see HEBREW for 03688
כְּסִיל (ke.sil) — fool.
fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one
Adj — AdjHAamsa
Any person who does not act wisely, that is, does not follow the warnings and requirements of God, which are founded in infinite wisdom. Hence "a fool" is put for a wicked man, an enemy or neglecter of God, Ps 14:1 Pr 19:1. So folly is put for wickedness, 2Sa 13:12,13 Ps 38:5, foolish lusts for wicked lusts, etc. Foolish talking, foolish questions, are vain, empty, unprofitable conversation, 2Ti 2:23.