This proverb highlights the importance of two essential aspects of human life: physical construction and intellectual growth. It reminds us that while manual labor builds our homes and infrastructure, it is through reading and study that we build our knowledge and wisdom. Furthermore, it plays on the words ‘vaky hazo’ (splitting wood) and ‘vaky boky’ (reading books), indicating that different forms of ‘splitting’ are necessary for our overall development. In English, an equivalent proverb might be ‘Knowledge is a wealth that cannot be stolen’.