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אֱוִיל

«אֱוִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: foolish — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 26 times · Key: 191 · BDB: אֱוִיל

Glosses

a.fool (9); fools (6); of.a.fool (5)

Meaning (OSHB)

foolish tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. foolish n.m. fool tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. foolish—א׳ Jb 5:2 +; pl. אֱוִילִים ψ 107:17 +, etc.;—foolish, Pr 29:9 (אִישׁ א׳) Ho 9:7 (pred. of prophet); cf. Is 35:8, elsewhere n.m. fool (always morally bad), who despises wisdom & discipline Pr 1:7; 15:5; mocks at guilt 14:9; is quarrelsome 20:3; licentious 7:22; it is folly & useless to instruct him 16:22; 27:22 (19 times Pr); cf. also Je 4:22; Jb 5:2, 3; Is 19:11 ψ 107:17.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (26 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (20 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אֱוִיל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 14:9

אֱ֭וִלִים יָלִ֣יץ אָשָׁ֑ם וּבֵ֖ין יְשָׁרִ֣ים רָצֽוֹן׃

Word for word: fools he.mocks guilt and.[is] between upright.[people] favor

JPS 1917: Amends pleadeth for fools; but among the upright there is good will.

Proverbs 10:8

חֲכַם־לֵ֭ב יִקַּ֣ח מִצְוֺ֑ת וֶאֱוִ֥יל שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יִלָּבֵֽט׃

Word for word: a.[person].wise of.heart he.accepts commandments and a.fool of.lips he.will.be.ruined

JPS 1917: The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.

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