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“How long,עַד מָתַיsimple ones,פְּתָיִםwill you loveתְּאֵהֲבוּsimpleness,פֶתִיand scoffersוְלֵצִיםdelightחָמְדוּin scoffingלָצוֹןfor themselves,לָהֶםand the senselessוּכְסִילִיםhateיִשְׂנְאוּknowledge?דָעַת
Proverbs 1:22
Study it in the app““How long, simple ones, will you love simpleness, and scoffers delight in scoffing for themselves, and the senseless hate knowledge?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 1:22, word by word
- “How longמָתַיmatay
when?
When? How long?
Where else “matay” appears- simple onesפְּתָיִםpetayim
simple, naive
Simple, naive: a person without experience, easily persuaded, who still has to learn.
Where else “petayim” appears- will you loveתְּאֵהֲבוּteehavu
like
To like something.
Where else “teehavu” appears- and scoffersלֵצִיםletsim
scoff
To laugh at what is serious with contempt; the scoffer rejects correction.
Where else “letsim” appears- delightחָמְדוּchamdu
covet
To desire something strongly, especially what belongs to another.
Where else “chamdu” appears- in scoffingלָצוֹןlatson
scorn, mockery
Scorn, the contempt of one who laughs at everything; the attitude of the scoffer.
Where else “latson” appears- and the senselessכְסִילִיםchesilim
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “chesilim” appears- hateיִשְׂנְאוּyisnu
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “yisnu” appears- knowledgeדָעַתdaat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appears
The context
21At the head of the noisy streets she calls out; at the openings of the gates, in the city, she speaks her sayings:
22 · This verse (above)
23Turn to my reproof; look, I will pour out on you my spirit; I will make known my words to you.