Proverbs 22:15 Go deeper

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

אִ֭וֶּלֶת'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 13:16, Proverbs 14:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0200; TAHOT Proverbs 22:15 word 1

קְשׁוּרָ֣הke.shu.Rah[is] bound

Lemma: קָשַׁר (qa.shar) · Strong's: H7194

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsfsa)

Meaning: to conspire

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 30:41, Genesis 30:42, Genesis 38:28, Genesis 44:30, Deuteronomy 6:8, Deuteronomy 11:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7194; TAHOT Proverbs 22:15 word 2

בְלֶב\־ve.lev-in [the] heart of

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Proverbs 22:15 word 3

נָ֑עַרNa.'ara youth

Lemma: נַ֫עַר (na.ar) · Strong's: H5288

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

Meaning: youth

Used 239 times. Also: Genesis 14:24, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:17, Genesis 21:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5288; TAHOT Proverbs 22:15 word 4

שֵׁ֥בֶטShe.veta rod of

Lemma: שֵׁ֫בֶט (she.vet) · Strong's: H7626G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: tribe: staff

Used 52 times. Also: Genesis 49:10, Exodus 21:20, Leviticus 27:32, Numbers 24:17, Judges 5:14, 2 Samuel 7:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7626G; TAHOT Proverbs 22:15 word 5

מ֝וּסָ֗רmu.Sardiscipline

Lemma: מוּסָר (mu.sar) · Strong's: H4148G

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

Meaning: discipline

Used 29 times. Also: Deuteronomy 11:2, Job 5:17, Job 20:3, Psalms 50:17, Proverbs 3:11, Proverbs 5:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4148G; TAHOT Proverbs 22:15 word 6

יַרְחִיקֶ֥נָּהyar.chi.Ke.nahit will put far away it

Lemma: רָחַק (ra.chaq) · Strong's: H7368

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhi3ms)

Meaning: to remove

Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 8:28, Exodus 23:7, Exodus 33:7, Deuteronomy 12:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7368; TAHOT Proverbs 22:15 word 7

מִמֶּֽנּוּ\׃mi.Me.nufrom him

Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: from

Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Proverbs 22:15 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Foolishness	→	אִוֶּ֫לֶת H0200 folly
[is] bound up	→	קָשַׁר H7194 to conspire
in the heart	→	לֵב H3820A heart
of a child	→	נַ֫עַר H5288 youth
[but] the rod	→	שֵׁ֫בֶט H7626G tribe: staff
of discipline	→	מוּסָר H4148G discipline
drives it far	→	רָחַק H7368 to remove
from him	→	מִן־ H4480A from

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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