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The wise womanחַכְמוֹת נָשִׁיםbuildsבָּנְתָהher house,בֵיתָהּbut follyוְאִוֶּלֶתwith her handsבְּיָדֶיהָtears it down.תֶהֶרְסֶנּוּ
Proverbs 14:1
Study it in the app“The wise woman builds her house, but folly with her hands tears it down.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 14:1, word by word
- The wise womanחַכְמוֹתchachmot
wisdom
Wisdom. A poetic plural form of the usual word for "wisdom"; the plural gives it force: "great wisdom".
Where else “chachmot” appears- The wise womanנָשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- buildsבָּנְתָהbanta
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “banta” appears- her houseבֵיתָveta
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “veta” appears- but follyאִוֶּלֶתivelet
folly
Folly: acting without thinking, without regard for God or for the consequences.
Where else “ivelet” appears- with her handsיָדֶיyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- tears it downתֶהֶרְסֶteherse
tear down; break through
Tear down, throw down; also break through by force.
Where else “teherse” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Whoever walks in his uprightness fears YHWH, but one devious in his ways despises him.