אִוֶּלֶת

«אִוֶּלֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: folly — 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: 25 times · Key: 200 · BDB: אִוֶּ֫לֶת

Glosses

foolishness (13); folly (3); [is].folly (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

folly tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. folly tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. folly.—abs. Pr 12:23 +; cstr. 14:8 +; sf. אִוַּלְתִּי ψ 38:6, etc.;—folly, special product of כְּסִילִים (v. כֶּסֶל) Pr 12:23 + (12 times); c. פְּתָאִים Pr 14:18; c.אֱוִלִים only 16:22; 27:22 (cf. 14:24) for alliteration. It is bound up in mind of boy, to be removed only by rod of discipline Pr 22:15; א׳ personif. tears down house built by חַכְמוֹת נָשִׁים Pr 14:1; it is contrasted with תְּבוּנָה Pr 14:29; 15:21.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Proverbs 14:18

נָחֲל֣וּ פְתָאיִ֣ם אִוֶּ֑לֶת וַֽ֝עֲרוּמִ֗ים יַכְתִּ֥רוּ דָֽעַת׃

Word for word: they.inherit naive.people foolishness and sensible.[people] they.surround knowledge

JPS 1917: The thoughtless come into possession of folly; but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Proverbs 14:24

עֲטֶ֣רֶת חֲכָמִ֣ים עָשְׁרָ֑ם אִוֶּ֖לֶת כְּסִילִ֣ים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃

Word for word: [the].crown of.wise.[people] wealth [is].their [the].folly of.fools [is].folly

JPS 1917: The crown of the wise is their riches; but the folly of fools remaineth folly.

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