KJV: He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
YLT: He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
Darby: He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own 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.
| מְקַצֶּ֣ה | Cuts off |
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Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular Root: קָצָה Sense: to cut off. |
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| רַ֭גְלַיִם | [his own] feet |
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Parse: Noun, fd Root: רֶגֶל Sense: foot. |
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| חָמָ֣ס | violence |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: חָמָס Sense: violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice. |
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| שֹׁתֶ֑ה | [and] drinks |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: שָׁתָה Sense: to drink. |
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| שֹׁלֵ֖חַ | He who sends |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: שָׁלַח Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out. |
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| דְּבָרִ֣ים | a message |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: דָּבָר Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing. |
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| בְּיַד־ | by the hand |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: יָד Sense: hand. |
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| כְּסִֽיל | of a fool |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: כְּסִיל Sense: fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one. |
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