Proverbs 14:6 Go deeper

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. (KJV)

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בִּקֶּשׁ\־bi.kesh-he seeks

Lemma: בָּקַשׁ (ba.qash) · Strong's: H1245

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)

Meaning: to seek

Used 225 times. Also: Genesis 31:39, Genesis 37:15, Genesis 37:16, Genesis 43:9, Genesis 43:30, Exodus 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1245; TAHOT Proverbs 14:6 word 1

לֵ֣ץletza mocker

Lemma: לִיץ (luts) · Strong's: H3887

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: to mock

Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 42:23, 2 Chronicles 32:31, Job 16:20, Job 33:23, Psalms 1:1, Psalms 119:51 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3887; TAHOT Proverbs 14:6 word 2

חָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahwisdom

Lemma: חׇכְמָה (chokh.mah) · Strong's: H2451

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: wisdom

Used 153 times. Also: Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:26, Exodus 35:31, Exodus 35:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2451; TAHOT Proverbs 14:6 word 3

וָאָ֑יִןva.'A.yinand there [is] not

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Proverbs 14:6 word 4

וְדַ֖עַתve.Da.'atand 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 14:6 word 5

לְנָב֣וֹןle.na.Vonto a discerning [person]

Lemma: בִּין (bin) · Strong's: H0995

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)

Meaning: to understand

Used 168 times. Also: Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:39, Deuteronomy 1:13, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 32:7, Deuteronomy 32:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0995; TAHOT Proverbs 14:6 word 6

נָקָֽל\׃na.Kalit is trifling

Lemma: קָלַל (qa.lal) · Strong's: H7043

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)

Meaning: to lighten

Used 82 times. Also: Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 12:3, Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7043; TAHOT Proverbs 14:6 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

A mocker	→	לִיץ H3887 to mock
seeks	→	בָּקַשׁ H1245 to seek
wisdom	→	חׇכְמָה H2451 wisdom
and [finds] none	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
but knowledge	→	דַּ֫עַת H1847 knowledge
comes easily	→	קָלַל H7043 to lighten
to the discerning	→	בִּין H0995 to understand

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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