Biblical Hebrew Forum

[kenneth greifer <greifer AT hotmail.com>]

Karl and Yitzhak,
 
I thought Proverbs 16:27 might say "an evil man is the furnace (kaf vav resh 
as kaf resh) of evil (hay resh ayin hay), and upon his lips it (evil) burns 
like a fire." I am not sure if it is grammatically correct this way.
 
 According to Yitzhak a German scholar said the same thing, so it is probably 
something other people have considered too.
 
Yitzhak, I like this one better than your way because the lips part does not 
sound right in your way.  I don't think a furnace would burn on his lips, but 
the evil man as the furnace with evil burning on his lips sounds like other 
quotes describing how people spoke evil things.
 
Kenneth Greifer
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