Proverbs 19:13 Go deeper
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A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. (KJV)
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הַוֹּ֣תha.Vot[is] destruction<s>
Lemma: הַוָּה (hav.vah) · Strong's: H1942
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: desire
Used 15 times. Also: Job 6:30, Job 30:13, Psalms 5:9, Psalms 38:12, Psalms 52:2, Psalms 52:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1942; TAHOT Proverbs 19:13 word 1
לְ֭אָבִיוLe.'a.vivto father his
Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: father
Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Proverbs 19:13 word 2
בֵּ֣ןbena son
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Proverbs 19:13 word 3
כְּסִ֑ילke.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 19:13 word 4
וְדֶ֥לֶףve.De.lefand [are] a dripping
Lemma: דֶּ֫לֶף (de.leph) · Strong's: H1812
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dripping
Used 2 times. Also: Proverbs 27:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1812; TAHOT Proverbs 19:13 word 5
טֹ֝רֵ֗דto.Redcontinuous
Lemma: טָרַד (ta.rad) · Strong's: H2956
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to pursue
Used 2 times. Also: Proverbs 27:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2956; TAHOT Proverbs 19:13 word 6
מִדְיְנֵ֥יmid.ye.Nei[the] contentions of
Lemma: מִדְיָן (mid.yan) · Strong's: H4079
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: contention
Used 3 times. Also: Proverbs 18:18, Proverbs 21:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4079; TAHOT Proverbs 19:13 word 7
אִשָּֽׁה\׃'i.Shaha wife
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Proverbs 19:13 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| A foolish | → | כְּסִיל H3684 fool |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| is his father’s | → | אָב H0001G father |
| ruin | → | הַוָּה H1942 desire |
| and a quarrelsome | → | מִדְיָן H4079 contention |
| wife | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| is like a constant | → | טָרַד H2956 to pursue |
| dripping | → | דֶּ֫לֶף H1812 dripping |
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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