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Proverbs 17:16

← Verse 15 Verse 17 →
Common SIBI-P1
Why for-what? this this one (masculine singular) price purchase-price in-the-hand-of in the hand of fool a thick-headed fool to-buy to acquire/possess wisdom wisdom and-heart heart no there-is-not

Interlinear Text

לָ/מָּה 𐤋/𐤌𐤄 lamah Why for-what? HR/Ti זֶּ֣ה 𐤆𐤄 zeh this this one (masculine singular) HPdxms מְחִ֣יר 𐤌𐤇𐤉𐤓 mechir price purchase-price HNcmsa בְּ/יַד 𐤁/𐤉𐤃 beyad in-the-hand-of in the hand of HR/Ncbsc כְּסִ֑יל 𐤊𐤎𐤉𐤋 kesil fool a thick-headed fool HAamsa לִ/קְנ֖וֹת 𐤋/𐤒𐤍𐤅𐤕 liqenot to-buy to acquire/possess HR/Vqc חָכְמָ֣ה 𐤇𐤊𐤌𐤄 chakhemah wisdom wisdom HNcfsa וְ/לֶב 𐤅/𐤋𐤁 velev and-heart heart HC/Ncmsc אָֽיִן 𐤀𐤉𐤍 ayin no there-is-not HTn

Grammar & Analysis

# Hebrew Translation Morphology Strong's
1 לָ/מָּה lamah Why HR/Ti H4100
2 זֶּ֣ה zeh this HPdxms H2088
3 מְחִ֣יר mechir price HNcmsa H4242
4 בְּ/יַד beyad in-the-hand-of HR/Ncbsc H3027
5 כְּסִ֑יל kesil fool HAamsa H3684
6 לִ/קְנ֖וֹת liqenot to-buy HR/Vqc H7069
7 חָכְמָ֣ה chakhemah wisdom HNcfsa H2451
8 וְ/לֶב velev and-heart HC/Ncmsc H3820
9 אָֽיִן ayin no HTn H369
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