Proverbs 17:12 Go deeper

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. (KJV)

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פָּג֬וֹשׁpa.Go.oshmay he meet

Lemma: פָּגַשׁ (pa.gash) · Strong's: H6298

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)

Meaning: to meet

Used 14 times. Also: Genesis 32:17, Genesis 33:8, Exodus 4:24, Exodus 4:27, 1 Samuel 25:20, 2 Samuel 2:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6298; TAHOT Proverbs 17:12 word 1

דֹּ֣בdoa bear

Lemma: דֹּב (dov) · Strong's: H1677

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: bear

Used 12 times. Also: 1 Samuel 17:34, 1 Samuel 17:36, 1 Samuel 17:37, 2 Samuel 17:8, 2 Kings 2:24, Proverbs 28:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1677; TAHOT Proverbs 17:12 word 2

שַׁכּ֣וּלsha.Kulrobbed of cubs

Lemma: שַׁכּוּל (shak.kul) · Strong's: H7909

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

Meaning: childless

Used 7 times. Also: 2 Samuel 17:8, Song of Solomon 4:2, Song of Solomon 6:6, Isaiah 49:21, Jeremiah 18:21, Hosea 13:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7909; TAHOT Proverbs 17:12 word 3

בְּאִ֑ישׁbe.'Ish<in> a person

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G

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

Meaning: man

Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Proverbs 17:12 word 4

וְאַל\־ve.'al-and may not [he meet]

Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Proverbs 17:12 word 5

כְּ֝סִ֗ילke.Sila fool

Lemma: כְּסִיל (ke.sil) · Strong's: H3684

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

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 17:12 word 6

בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ\׃be.'i.val.Toin foolishness his

Lemma: אִוֶּ֫לֶת (iv.ve.let) · Strong's: H0200

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: folly

Used 25 times. Also: Psalms 38:5, Psalms 69:5, Proverbs 5:23, Proverbs 12:23, Proverbs 13:16, Proverbs 14:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0200; TAHOT Proverbs 17:12 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

[It is better]	→	אִישׁ H0376G man
to meet	→	פָּגַשׁ H6298 to meet
a bear	→	דֹּב H1677 bear
robbed of her cubs	→	שַׁכּוּל H7909 childless
than	→	אַל H0408 not
a fool	→	כְּסִיל H3684 fool
in his folly	→	אִוֶּ֫לֶת H0200 folly

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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