e.li denotes the implement used with a mortar in the grinding image of Proverbs 27:22.

The attested use identifies e.li as the implement used with a mortar in the grinding scene of Proverbs 27:22.

1. Implement used in grinding with a mortar · dominant

   In Proverbs 27:22, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause about grinding a fool in a mortar; the APB renders the scene, “Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle.”

   Proverbs 27:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 27:22, the APB presents the implement as “a pestle” in the mortar-and-grinding image.