“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?Proverbs 1:22
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
עַד־מָתַ֣י׀ פְּתָיִם֮ תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּ פֶ֥תִי וְלֵצִ֗ים לָ֭צוֹן חָמְד֣וּ לָהֶ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים יִשְׂנְאוּ־דָֽעַת׃
- עַד־'ad-“until”Preposition · from עַד · “till” · Strong's H5704
- מָתַ֣י׀ma.Tai“when?”Particle, interrogative · from מָתַי · “how” · Strong's H4970
- פְּתָיִם֮pe.ta.Yim“O naive people”Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from פֶּ֫תִי · “simple” · Strong's H6612A
- תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּte.'e.ha.Vu“will you love”Verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from אָהֵב · “lover” · Strong's H0157G
- פֶ֥תִיFe.ti“naivete”Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from פְּתִי · “simplicity” · Strong's H6612B
- וְלֵצִ֗יםve.le.Tzim“and mockers”Conjunction + Adjective, masculine, plural, absolute · from לִיץ · “to mock” · Strong's H3887
- לָ֭צוֹןLa.tzon“mockery”Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from לָצוֹן · “scorning” · Strong's H3944
- חָמְד֣וּcha.me.Du“do they delight in?”Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from חָמַד · “to desire” · Strong's H2530A
- לָהֶ֑םla.Hem“<for> themselves”Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from Op3m · “them” · Strong's H9038
- וּ֝כְסִילִ֗יםu.khe.si.Lim“and fools”Conjunction + Adjective, masculine, plural, absolute · from כְּסִיל · “fool” · Strong's H3684
- יִשְׂנְאוּ־yis.ne.'u-“will they hate?”Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from שָׂנֵא · “to hate” · Strong's H8130
- דָֽעַת׃Da.'at“knowledge”Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from דַּ֫עַת · “knowledge” · Strong's H1847
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)