Proverbs 8:5 Go deeper

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. (KJV)

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הָבִ֣ינוּha.Vi.nuunderstand

Lemma: בִּין (bin) · Strong's: H0995

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhv2mp)

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 8:5 word 1

פְתָאיִ֣םfe.ta.YimO naive people

Lemma: פֶּ֫תִי (pe.ti) · Strong's: H6612A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: simple

Used 18 times. Also: Psalms 19:7, Psalms 116:6, Psalms 119:130, Proverbs 1:4, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6612A; TAHOT Proverbs 8:5 word 2

עָרְמָ֑ה'a.re.Mahprudence

Lemma: עׇרְמָה (or.mah) · Strong's: H6195

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

Meaning: craftiness

Used 5 times. Also: Exodus 21:14, Joshua 9:4, Proverbs 1:4, Proverbs 8:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6195; TAHOT Proverbs 8:5 word 3

וּ֝כְסִילִ֗יםu.khe.si.Limand O fools

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

Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)

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 8:5 word 4

הָבִ֥ינוּha.Vi.nuunderstand

Lemma: בִּין (bin) · Strong's: H0995

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhv2mp)

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 8:5 word 5

לֵֽב\׃Levheart

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

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

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 8:5 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

O simple ones	→	פֶּ֫תִי H6612A simple
learn	→	בִּין H0995 to understand
to be shrewd	→	עׇרְמָה H6195 craftiness
O fools	→	כְּסִיל H3684 fool
gain understanding	→	בִּין H0995 to understand
. . .	→	לֵב H3820A heart

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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