Proverbs 9:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knoweth nothing.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵ֣שֶׁת כְּ֭סִילוּת הֹֽמִיָּ֑ה פְּ֝תַיּ֗וּת וּבַל־יָ֥דְעָה מָּֽה׃

Transliteration

ʾēšet ksîlût hōmiyyâ ptayyût ûbal-yādʿâ māh

Grammar Details

*ʾēšet*: feminine construct noun - woman of
*ksîlût*: feminine noun - folly/foolishness
*hōmiyyâ*: Qal participle feminine singular - boisterous/loud
*ptayyût*: feminine noun - simplicity/naivety
*ûbal-yādʿâ*: conjunction with negative particle and Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - and she does not know
*māh*: interrogative pronoun - what

Word Meanings

*ʾēšet*: woman of/wife of
*ksîlût*: folly/foolishness/stupidity
*hōmiyyâ*: boisterous/loud/noisy/tumultuous
*ptayyût*: simplicity/naivety/lack of understanding
*ûbal-yādʿâ*: and she does not know/understand/perceive

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Prov 7:11 : 11 (She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:
Prov 5:6 : 6 So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.
Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
1 Tim 6:4 : 4 he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof {G1537} cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

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