Sebastian Münster — Dictionarium Hebraicum / Hebrew Grammar (1524) (1524) - Page 8

He who has studied and acquired the Law original: "אֲשֶׁר לָמַד וְתוֹרָה לוֹ לְקִנְיָן"

and has not studied the foundation of grammar, does not understand. original: "וְלֹא לָמַד יְסוֹד דִּקְדּוּק וְלֹא בִין"

He is like a plowman who drives oxen, original: "כְּמוֹ חוֹרֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר יִנְהַג שׁוֹרִים"

and his hands are without a goad and a rod. original: "וְיָדָיו מִבְּלִי מַלְמַד וְרִבְיָן"

Their interpretation is this:

He who has studied and acquired the Law for himself,
and has not studied the foundation of grammar, understands nothing.
He is like a plowman wishing to drive oxen,
and his hands are without a goad and a rod.

Neither have long-winded commentaries of grammarians ever pleased me, even among the Latins, so far am I from approving of a superstitious annotation of precepts here. Above all, the ancients please me, each of whom, as he is older, is also briefer and clearer: of which type Donatus and Diomedes exist among the Latins; and among the Hebrews, Rabbi David Kimhi and his brother Rabbi Moshe Kimhi the Spaniard. Their...