The heartלֵבof the discerningנָבוֹןseeksיְבַקֶּשׁknowledge,דָּעַתbut the mouthוּפִיof the senselessכְסִילִיםfeedsיִרְעֶהon folly.אִוֶּלֶת
Proverbs 15:14
Study it in the app“The heart of the discerning seeks knowledge, but the mouth of the senseless feeds on folly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 15:14, word by word
- The heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of the discerningנָבוֹןnavon
be skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “navon” appears- seeksיְבַקֶּשׁyevakesh
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “yevakesh” appears- knowledgeדָּעַתdaat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appears- but the mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- of the senselessכְסִילִיםchesilim
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “chesilim” appears- feedsיִרְעֶהyire
graze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “yire” appears- on follyאִוֶּלֶתivelet
folly
Folly: acting without thinking, without regard for God or for the consequences.
Where else “ivelet” appears
The context
13A glad heart makes the face good, but by the pain of the heart the spirit is crushed.
14 · This verse (above)
15All the days of the afflicted are evil, but the good of heart has a continual feast.