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A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. (KJV)
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אֵ֣שֶׁת'E.sheta woman of
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: woman
Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802G; TAHOT Proverbs 9:13 word 1
כְּ֭סִילוּתKe.si.lutfolly
Lemma: כְּסִילוּת (ke.si.lut) · Strong's: H3687
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: stupidity
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3687; TAHOT Proverbs 9:13 word 2
הֹֽמִיָּ֑הho.mi.Yah[is] boisterous
Lemma: הָמָה (ha.mah) · Strong's: H1993
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrfsa)
Meaning: to roar
Used 34 times. Also: 1 Kings 1:41, Psalms 39:6, Psalms 42:5, Psalms 42:11, Psalms 43:5, Psalms 46:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1993; TAHOT Proverbs 9:13 word 3
פְּ֝תַיּ֗וּתpe.tai.Yutnaivete
Lemma: פְּתַיּוּת (pe.tay.yut) · Strong's: H6615
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: naivite
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6615; TAHOT Proverbs 9:13 word 4
וּבַל\־u.val-and not
Lemma: בַּל (bal) · Strong's: H1077
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 68 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 41:23, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 10:6, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1077; TAHOT Proverbs 9:13 word 5
יָ֥דְעָהYa.de.'ahshe knows
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Proverbs 9:13 word 6
מָּֽה\׃Mahwhatever
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Proverbs 9:13 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The woman | → | אִשָּׁה H0802G woman |
| [named] Folly | → | כְּסִילוּת H3687 stupidity |
| is loud | → | הָמָה H1993 to roar |
| [she is] naive | → | פְּתַיּוּת H6615 naivite |
| and knows | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| nothing | → | בַּל H1077 not |
| . . . | → | מָה H4100 what? |
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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