Proverbs 27:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּֽבֶד־אֶ֭בֶן וְנֵ֣טֶל הַח֑וֹל וְכַ֥עַס אֱ֝וִ֗יל כָּבֵ֥ד מִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

kōbed-ʾeben wĕnēṭel haḥōl wĕkaʿas ʾĕwîl kābēd miššĕnêhem

Grammar Details

*kōbed*: masculine singular construct - heaviness of
*ʾeben*: feminine singular - stone
*wĕnēṭel*: conjunction + masculine singular construct - and weight of
*haḥōl*: definite article + masculine singular - the sand
*wĕkaʿas*: conjunction + masculine singular construct - and vexation/anger of
*ʾĕwîl*: masculine singular - fool
*kābēd*: adjective masculine singular - heavy
*miššĕnêhem*: preposition + dual noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - than both of them

Word Meanings

*kōbed*: heaviness/weight/burden
*nēṭel*: weight/burden/load
*kaʿas*: vexation/provocation/anger
*ʾĕwîl*: fool/stupid person/senseless one
*kābēd*: heavy/burdensome/weighty

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 17:12 : 12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Dan 3:19 : 19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
1 John 3:12 : 12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Gen 34:25-26 : 25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
Esth 3:5-6 : 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

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