13{
"verseID": "Proverbs.15.13",
"source": "לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב פָּנִ֑ים וּבְעַצְּבַת־לֵ֝ב ר֣וּחַ נְכֵאָֽה׃",
"text": "*Lēḇ śāmēaḥ yêṭîḇ pānîm ûḇəʿaṣṣəḇat-lēḇ rûaḥ nəḵēʾāh*",
"grammar": {
"*Lēḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - heart",
"*śāmēaḥ*": "adjective, masculine singular - joyful/glad",
"*yêṭîḇ*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - makes good/gladdens",
"*pānîm*": "noun, masculine plural - face/countenance",
"*ûḇəʿaṣṣəḇat*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - but in sorrow of",
"*lēḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - heart",
"*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular - spirit",
"*nəḵēʾāh*": "niphal participle, feminine singular - is broken/crushed"
},
"variants": {
"*Lēḇ śāmēaḥ*": "joyful heart/glad mind",
"*yêṭîḇ pānîm*": "makes face cheerful/brightens countenance",
"*ûḇəʿaṣṣəḇat-lēḇ*": "but in sorrow of heart/yet in grief of mind",
"*rûaḥ nəḵēʾāh*": "spirit is broken/crushed spirit"
}
}
14{
"verseID": "Proverbs.15.14",
"source": "לֵ֣ב נָ֭בוֹן יְבַקֶּשׁ־דָּ֑עַת *ופני **וּפִ֥י כְ֝סִילִ֗ים יִרְעֶ֥ה אִוֶּֽלֶת׃",
"text": "*Lēḇ nāḇôn yəḇaqqēš-dāʿat ûp̄î ḵəsîlîm yirʿeh ʾiwwelet*",
"grammar": {
"*Lēḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - heart",
"*nāḇôn*": "niphal participle, masculine singular - understanding/discerning",
"*yəḇaqqēš*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - seeks/pursues",
"*dāʿat*": "noun, feminine singular - knowledge",
"*ûp̄î*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - but mouth of",
"*ḵəsîlîm*": "noun, masculine plural - fools",
"*yirʿeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - feeds on/grazes on",
"*ʾiwwelet*": "noun, feminine singular - folly/foolishness"
},
"variants": {
"*Lēḇ nāḇôn*": "understanding heart/discerning mind",
"*yəḇaqqēš-dāʿat*": "seeks knowledge/pursues understanding",
"*ûp̄î ḵəsîlîm*": "but mouth of fools/yet speech of foolish",
"*yirʿeh*": "feeds on/grazes on/consumes",
"*ʾiwwelet*": "folly/foolishness/stupidity"
}
}
15{
"verseID": "Proverbs.15.15",
"source": "כָּל־יְמֵ֣י עָנִ֣י רָעִ֑ים וְטֽוֹב־לֵ֝֗ב מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃",
"text": "*Kāl-yəmê ʿānî rāʿîm wəṭôḇ-lēḇ mišteh tāmîd*",
"grammar": {
"*Kāl*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all of",
"*yəmê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - days of",
"*ʿānî*": "adjective, masculine singular - afflicted/poor one",
"*rāʿîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - bad/evil/miserable",
"*wəṭôḇ*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - but good",
"*lēḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - heart",
"*mišteh*": "noun, masculine singular - feast/banquet",
"*tāmîd*": "adverb - continually/always"
},
"variants": {
"*Kāl-yəmê ʿānî*": "all days of afflicted/every day of poor person",
"*rāʿîm*": "are evil/are bad/are miserable",
"*wəṭôḇ-lēḇ*": "but good of heart/yet cheerful heart",
"*mišteh tāmîd*": "continual feast/perpetual banquet"
}
}
16{
"verseID": "Proverbs.15.16",
"source": "טוֹב־מְ֭עַט בְּיִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה מֵאוֹצָ֥ר רָ֝֗ב וּמְה֥וּמָה בֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*Ṭôḇ-məʿaṭ bəyirʾat YHWH mēʾôṣār rāḇ ûməhûmāh ḇô*",
"grammar": {
"*Ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - better/good is",
"*məʿaṭ*": "adjective, masculine singular - little/few",
"*bəyirʾat*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - with fear of",
"YHWH": "proper noun - divine name",
"*mēʾôṣār*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - than treasure",
"*rāḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - great/much",
"*ûməhûmāh*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and turmoil/trouble",
"*ḇô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in it"
},
"variants": {
"*Ṭôḇ-məʿaṭ*": "better is little/good is small amount",
"*bəyirʾat YHWH*": "with fear of YHWH/in reverence for the LORD",
"*mēʾôṣār rāḇ*": "than great treasure/than abundant wealth",
"*ûməhûmāh ḇô*": "and trouble with it/with turmoil in it"
}
}
17{
"verseID": "Proverbs.15.17",
"source": "ט֤וֹב אֲרֻחַ֣ת יָ֭רָק וְאַהֲבָה־שָׁ֑ם מִשּׁ֥וֹר אָ֝ב֗וּס וְשִׂנְאָה־בֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*Ṭôḇ ʾăruḥat yārāq wəʾahăḇāh-šām miššôr ʾāḇûs wəśinʾāh-ḇô*",
"grammar": {
"*Ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - better/good is",
"*ʾăruḥat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - portion/meal of",
"*yārāq*": "noun, masculine singular - vegetables/herbs",
"*wəʾahăḇāh*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and love",
"*šām*": "adverb - there",
"*miššôr*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - than ox/bull",
"*ʾāḇûs*": "qal passive participle, masculine singular - fattened/stalled",
"*wəśinʾāh*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and hatred",
"*ḇô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with it"
},
"variants": {
"*Ṭôḇ ʾăruḥat yārāq*": "better is meal of vegetables/good is dinner of herbs",
"*wəʾahăḇāh-šām*": "and love there/with love present",
"*miššôr ʾāḇûs*": "than fattened ox/than stalled bull",
"*wəśinʾāh-ḇô*": "and hatred with it/with animosity present"
}
}