Proverbs

Proverbs 26:18–19

¹⁸Like a madman shooting firebrands

and deadly arrows,

¹⁹so is the man who deceives his neighbor

and says, “I was only joking!”

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Like a madman	כְּֽ֭מִתְלַהְלֵהַּ	kə·miṯ·lah·lê·ah	Preposition-k; Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular	H3856 languish, faint
shooting	הַיֹּרֶ֥ה	hay·yō·reh	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3384 throw, shoot
firebrands	זִקִּ֗ים	ziq·qîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2131 leaps, flash, arrow
and deadly	וָמָֽוֶת׃	wā·mā·weṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H4194 death
arrows	חִצִּ֥ים	ḥiṣ·ṣîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2671 arrow

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
so	כֵּֽן־	kên-	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
is the man	אִ֭ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
who deceives	רִמָּ֣ה	rim·māh	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7411 cast, shoot
his neighbor	רֵעֵ֑הוּ	rê·‘ê·hū	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7453 shouting, roar
and says	וְ֝אָמַ֗ר	wə·’ā·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
I	אָֽנִי׃	’ā·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
was only	הֲ‍ֽלֹא־	hălō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
joking	מְשַׂחֵ֥ק	mə·śa·ḥêq	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular	H7832 laugh

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 26:18 Proverbs 25:18 · Isaiah 50:11 · Proverbs 7:23

Proverbs 26:19 Ephesians 5:4 · Proverbs 10:23 · Proverbs 15:21 · Proverbs 14:9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.