Nachdaily: 5 Minute Perek Of Tanach Covering The Entire Navi. Sefer Yehoshua, Shoftim, Shmuel, Melachim, Yeshaya, Yirmiya, Ye

I hope that you’re all well today. Welcome to another episode of NachDaily, Mishlei Perek 30. This is very exciting because we have only one more perek left in Mishlei. This perek opens with the words, “Divrei Agur ben Yakeh hamasah, n’um hagever l’Easi’el, l’Easi’el v’Uchal - These are the words of Agur son of Yakeh, the prophecy, the words of this man Easi’el v’uchal.” There are many levels contained in this verse. As we’ve seen in previous perakim, the Gr’a explains that this was actually written by Agur who was a contemporary of Shlomo Hamelech, and was added in by the Anshei Knessess Hagadola, the Men of the Great Assembly. Rashi and the Meiri explain that Shlomo really did write this perek. Agur comes from the word l’agur, to gather. Ben means bina, insight, indicating that Shlomo gathered up more bina and wisdom than any other human being. Yakeh means vomit, because Shlomo in a sense spit out and shared all the wisdom he had gathered. The Metsudos and others explain that Yakeh means vomit in a ne