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The senselessכְּסִילוּתwomanאֵשֶׁתis noisy;הֹמִיָּהshe is simpleness,פְּתַיּוּתandוּdoes notבַלknowיָדְעָהanything.מָּה
Proverbs 9:13
Study it in the app“The senseless woman is noisy; she is simpleness, and does not know anything.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 9:13, word by word
- The senselessכְּסִילוּתkesilut
folly
Folly, foolishness; the lack of judgment. In Proverbs 9:13 it is a figure of a woman opposed to Wisdom.
Where else “kesilut” appears- womanאֵשֶׁתeshet
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “eshet” appears- is noisyהֹמִיָּהhomiya
roar
To make a great din, like the sea or a crowd.
Where else “homiya” appears- she is simplenessפְּתַיּוּתpetayut
simpleness
Simpleness, the naivety of one who is easily deceived.
Where else “petayut” appears- does notבַלval
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “val” appears- knowיָדְעָהyada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew, “the woman Senselessness”: the figure opposite to the Wisdom of the beginning of the chapter; both invite with the same words (vv. 4 and 16).
The context
12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; and if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
13 · This verse (above)
14And she sits at the door of her house, on a seat, on the heights of the city,