פֶּתִי
Used: 16 times · Key: 6612 · BDB: פֶּ֫תִי
Glosses
naive.people (4); a.naive.person (3); O.naive.people (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
simple tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
adj. simple open-minded tree →
The whole BDB entry
[for פָּתַי LagBN 52 BaZMG xiii (1888), 353; NB 320] adj. simple, poss. as open-minded;—פֶּ֫תִי Pr 9:4 +, פֶּ֑תִי ψ 19:8 +; pl. פְּתָאיִם (Ges§ 93 x) 116:6 + 6 times Pr; פְּתָיִים 119:130 Pr 22:3; פְּתָיִם 1:22, 32;—simple, as subst. concr.: open to the instruction of wisdom or folly, Pr 9:4, 16; believing every word 14:15; lacking עָרְמָה 1:4; 8:5; 19:25; needing בין ψ 119:130, חכמה 19:8 Pr 21:11; in good sense, שׁנר פתאים י׳ ψ 116:6 י׳ preserveth the simple-minded; but usually tendency to bad sense; פתאים love פתי Pr 1:22; inherit אִוֶּלֶת 14:18, are easily enticed, misled and go back 1:32; 7:7; 9:6; 22:3 = 27:12; causing temple to need atonement Ez 45:20 (‖ שׁגה).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «פֶּתִי» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
פֵּ֖תַח דְּבָרֶ֥יךָ יָאִ֗יר מֵבִ֥ין פְּתָיִֽים׃
Word for word: the.opening your.words your it.gives.light [it.is].giving.understanding.to simple.people
JPS 1917: The opening of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
הָבִ֣ינוּ פְתָאיִ֣ם עָרְמָ֑ה וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים הָבִ֥ינוּ לֵֽב׃
Word for word: understand O.naive.people prudence and O.fools understand heart
JPS 1917: O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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