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Calamitiesהַוֺּתto his fatherלְאָבִיוis a senselessכְּסִילson,בֵּןand a continualטֹרֵדdrippingוְדֶלֶףare the quarrelsמִדְיְנֵיof a wife.אִשָּׁה
Proverbs 19:13
Study it in the app“Calamities to his father is a senseless son, and a continual dripping are the quarrels of a wife.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 19:13, word by word
- Calamitiesהַוֺּתhavot
calamity
A disaster that destroys.
Where else “havot” appears- to his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- is a senselessכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears- sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- and a continualטֹרֵדtored
press on, pursue
To keep on, to press; to follow close without stopping.
Where else “tored” appears- drippingדֶלֶףdelef
dripping
A dripping, the constant drip of a leaking roof.
Where else “delef” appears- are the quarrelsמִדְיְנֵיmidyne
strife, quarrel
Strife, a dispute (another form of the word for "strife").
Where else “midyne” appears- of a wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears
The context
12Like the roar of a young lion is the rage of a king, but like dew on the grass is his favor.
13 · This verse (above)
14House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, but from YHWH comes a prudent wife.