qe denotes the substance to which a dog returns in the comparison of a fool repeating folly.

The attested use names the substance to which a dog returns in the proverb’s comparison with a fool who repeats folly.

1. What a dog returns to · dominant

   In Proverbs 26:11, the masculine singular construct form occurs in the clause about a dog returning; the APB renders the verse, “As a dog returns to its vomit, a fool repeats his folly.”

   Proverbs 26:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 26:11, the APB presents the clause as a dog returning to “its vomit”.