Proverbs 15:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ט֤וֹב אֲרֻחַ֣ת יָ֭רָק וְאַהֲבָה־שָׁ֑ם מִשּׁ֥וֹר אָ֝ב֗וּס וְשִׂנְאָה־בֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Ṭôḇ ʾăruḥat yārāq wəʾahăḇāh-šām miššôr ʾāḇûs wəśinʾāh-ḇô

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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Referenced Verses

Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Matt 22:4 : 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
Luke 15:23 : 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
Phil 2:1 : 1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
1 John 4:16 : 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Ps 133:1-3 : 1 A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

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