Proverbs 17:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פָּגוֹשׁ דֹּב שַׁכּוּל בְּאִישׁ וְאַל־כְּסִיל בְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ

Transliteration

pāgôš dōb šakkûl in 'îš wə-'al-kəsîl in 'iwwaltô

Grammar Details

*pāgôš*: infinitive absolute, Qal - to meet/encounter
*dōb*: noun, masculine singular - bear
*šakkûl*: adjective, masculine singular - bereaved
*bə-'îš*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - against a man
*wə-'al*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*kəsîl*: noun, masculine singular - fool
*bə-'iwwaltô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his folly

Word Meanings

*pāgôš*: to meet/encounter/confront
*dōb*: bear
*šakkûl*: bereaved/robbed of cubs
*'îš*: man/person
*'al*: not/do not
*kəsîl*: fool/stupid person
*'iwwaltô*: his folly/foolishness/stupidity

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 17:8 : 8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Hos 13:8 : 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
Prov 27:3 : 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Prov 28:15 : 15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

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