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Follyאִוֶּלֶתis joyשִׂמְחָהto one who is lackingלַחֲסַרin sense,לֵבbut a manוְאִישׁof insightתְּבוּנָהmakes straightיְיַשֶׁרhis going.לָכֶת
Proverbs 15:21
Study it in the app“Folly is joy to one who is lacking in sense, but a man of insight makes straight his going.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 15:21, word by word
- Follyאִוֶּלֶתivelet
folly
Folly: acting without thinking, without regard for God or for the consequences.
Where else “ivelet” appears- is joyשִׂמְחָהsimcha
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appears- to one who is lackingחֲסַרchasar
lacking
Lacking something, wanting in. "Lacking heart" is one who has no sense.
Where else “chasar” appears- in senseלֵבlev
mind
The mind: "lacking heart" means foolish.
Where else “lev” appears- but a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of insightתְּבוּנָהtevuna
understanding
Understanding: the ability to understand and to find the right way.
Where else “tevuna” appears- makes straightיְיַשֶׁרyeyasher
make straight
To keep a true course, or level the way.
Where else “yeyasher” appears- his goingלָכֶתlachet
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lachet” appears
The context
20A wise son makes a father glad, but a senseless man despises his mother.
21 · This verse (above)
22Plans are frustrated where there is no counsel, but with an abundance of counselors they stand.