## translationWords

* [[en:tw:foolish]]
* [[en:tw:foolish|fool, foolish, folly]]
* [[en:tw:furnace]]
* [[en:tw:gold]]
* [[en:tw:gold|gold]]
* [[en:tw:praise]]
* [[en:tw:praise|praise]]
* [[en:tw:silver]]
* [[en:tw:silver|silver]]
* [[en:tw:test]]
* [[en:tw:test|test]]

## translationNotes

* **crucible** - a container used for heating substances to very high temperatures
* **Even if you crush a fool ... yet his foolishness will not leave him** - This means that even if a fool is made to suffer hardship or pain (being crushed is often a metaphor for suffering in Hebrew), he will remain foolish. (See: [[:en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor]])
* **pestle** - a tool for grinding materials in a mortar