Proverbs 6:13
"He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;"

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

He winketh with his eyes,.... Not through natural infirmity, but purposely and with design; with one of his eyes, as Aben Ezra, as is usual with such persons: it is the air and gesture of a sneering and deceitful man, who gives the wink to some of his friends, sneering at the weakness of another

in company; or as signifying to them some secret design of his against another, which he chooses not to declare in any other way; he speaketh with his feet; the motions of the feet have a language; the stamping of the feet expresses rage; here it seems to intend the giving of a him to another, by privately pressing his foot with his, when he should be silent or should speak, or do this or the other thing he would have him do; he teacheth with his fingers; by stretching them out or compressing them; and so showing either scorn and contempt (x), or rage and fury. The whole of it seems to design the secret, cunning, artful ways, which wicked men have to convey their meanings to one another, without being understood by other persons; they have a language to themselves, which they express by the motions of their eyes, feet, and fingers: and this character of art and cunning, dissimulation and deceit, fitly agrees with the man of sin, Th2 2:10 . So mimics are said to speak with their hands; some have been famous in this way (y). (x) "In hunc intende digitum", Plauti Pseudolus, Act. 4. Sc. 7. v. 45. "----aliis dat digito literas", Ennius. (y) Vid. Barthii Animadv. ad Claudian. de Consul. Mallii Paneg. v. 311.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (6 words)

H7169 קָרַץ
Definition:

19let them not pinch the eye, i.e. wink maliciously, soParticiple active׳קֹרֵץ צProverbs 10:10,בְּעֵינוֺ׳קProverbs 6:13; alsoשְׂפָתָיו׳קProverbs 16:30pinching his lips(i.e. compressing, as in Late Heb 19let them not pinch the eye, i.e. wink maliciously, soParticiple active׳קֹרֵץ צProverbs 10:10,בְּעֵינוֺ׳קProverbs 6:13; alsoשְׂפָתָיו׳קProverbs 16:30pinching his lips(i.e. compressing, as in Late Heb

Possible Meanings:
  • piece (semantic_range)
H5869 עַיִן
Definition:

9seeעין.עִוְעִיםsee below I.עוה.I.עַ֫יִן859noun feminineGenesis 3:7and (Zechariah 3:9; 4:10 AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 75)masculineeye(ancient Semitic word; √ and relation to II.׳עunknown; Late Hebrewid.; Ph 9seeעין.עִוְעִיםsee below I.עוה.I.עַ֫יִן859noun feminineGenesis 3:7and (Zechariah 3:9; 4:10 AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 75)masculineeye(ancient Semitic word; √ and relation to II.׳עunknown; Late Hebrewid.; Ph

H4448 מָלַל
Definition:

A primitive root; to speak (mostly poetical) or say -- say, speak, utter.Brown-Driver-BriggsI. [מָלַל]verb Pi`elspeak, utter, say(Late Hebrew Pi`elid.; Aramaic(and many derivatives ),מַלֵּל; perhaps c A primitive root; to speak (mostly poetical) or say -- say, speak, utter.Brown-Driver-BriggsI. [מָלַל]verb Pi`elspeak, utter, say(Late Hebrew Pi`elid.; Aramaic(and many derivatives ),מַלֵּל; perhaps c

H7272 רֶגֶל
Definition:

4(on suffix masculineSongs 5:3see KöSynt. § l4AlbrZAW(xvi, 1896, 76) xv (1895), 316 f.),foot(Late Hebrewid.; Arabic,leg, foot; Aramaicרַגְלָא,foot; Palmyrene suffixרגלהLzb368; transposed Zinjirli (plu 4(on suffix masculineSongs 5:3see KöSynt. § l4AlbrZAW(xvi, 1896, 76) xv (1895), 316 f.),foot(Late Hebrewid.; Arabic,leg, foot; Aramaicרַגְלָא,foot; Palmyrene suffixרגלהLzb368; transposed Zinjirli (plu

H3384 יָרָה
Definition:

15) yara; {yaw-raw'}; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water (i.e. To rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. To shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the f 15) yara; {yaw-raw'}; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water (i.e. To rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. To shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the f

Possible Meanings:
  • be stupified (semantic_range)
H0676 אֶצְבַּע
Definition:

6finger; —׳אabsoluteIsaiah 58:9, constructExodus 8:15+; suffixאֶצְבָּעוֺLeviticus 4:6+; pluralאֶצְבָּעוֺתJeremiah 52:21, constructאֶצְבְּעֹת2 Samuel 21:20+, etc.; —1finger, especiallya.forefinger, of 6finger; —׳אabsoluteIsaiah 58:9, constructExodus 8:15+; suffixאֶצְבָּעוֺLeviticus 4:6+; pluralאֶצְבָּעוֺתJeremiah 52:21, constructאֶצְבְּעֹת2 Samuel 21:20+, etc.; —1finger, especiallya.forefinger, of

Possible Meanings:
  • toe (semantic_range)

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