Proverbs 13:16 Go deeper
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Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly. (KJV)
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כָּל\־kol-every
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Proverbs 13:16 word 1
עָ֭רוּם'A.rumsensible [person]
Lemma: עָרוּם (a.rum) · Strong's: H6175
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: prudent
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Job 5:12, Job 15:5, Proverbs 12:16, Proverbs 12:23, Proverbs 14:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6175; TAHOT Proverbs 13:16 word 2
יַעֲשֶׂ֣הya.'a.Sehhe acts
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Proverbs 13:16 word 3
בְדָ֑עַתve.Da.'atwith knowledge
Lemma: דַּ֫עַת (da.at) · Strong's: H1847
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: knowledge
Used 92 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 35:31, Numbers 24:16, Deuteronomy 4:42 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1847; TAHOT Proverbs 13:16 word 4
וּ֝כְסִ֗ילu.khe.Siland a fool
Lemma: כְּסִיל (ke.sil) · Strong's: H3684
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: fool
Used 70 times. Also: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 94:8, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 3:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3684; TAHOT Proverbs 13:16 word 5
יִפְרֹ֥שׂyif.Roshe spreads out
Lemma: פָּרַשׂ (pa.ra.s) · Strong's: H6566
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to spread
Used 67 times. Also: Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33, Exodus 25:20, Exodus 37:9, Exodus 40:19, Numbers 4:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6566; TAHOT Proverbs 13:16 word 6
אִוֶּֽלֶת\׃'i.Ve.letfoolishness
Lemma: אִוֶּ֫לֶת (iv.ve.let) · Strong's: H0200
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: folly
Used 25 times. Also: Psalms 38:5, Psalms 69:5, Proverbs 5:23, Proverbs 12:23, Proverbs 14:1, Proverbs 14:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0200; TAHOT Proverbs 13:16 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Every | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| prudent [man] | → | עָרוּם H6175 prudent |
| acts | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| with knowledge | → | דַּ֫עַת H1847 knowledge |
| but a fool | → | כְּסִיל H3684 fool |
| displays | → | פָּרַשׂ H6566 to spread |
| [his] folly | → | אִוֶּ֫לֶת H0200 folly |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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