Proverbs 27:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דֶּ֣לֶף ט֭‪[t]‬וֹרֵד בְּי֣וֹם סַגְרִ֑יר וְאֵ֥שֶׁת *מדונים **מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃

Transliteration

delep ṭôrēd bĕyôm sagrîr wĕʾēšet midyānîm ništāwāh

Grammar Details

*delep*: masculine singular - dripping
*ṭôrēd*: qal participle masculine singular - continual
*bĕyôm*: preposition + masculine singular construct - in day of
*sagrîr*: masculine singular - heavy rain
*wĕʾēšet*: conjunction + feminine singular construct - and wife of
*midyānîm*: masculine plural - contentions
*ništāwāh*: niphal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - are alike

Word Meanings

*delep*: dripping/leak/dropping
*ṭôrēd*: continual/persistent/constant
*sagrîr*: heavy rain/downpour/rainstorm
*ʾiššāh*: woman/wife/female
*midyānîm*: contentions/quarrels/strife
*ništāwāh*: are alike/are comparable/are equal

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Job 14:19 : 19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

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