Proverbs

[John Reece]

Proverbs 1:25a

Text (BHS):

וַתִּפְרְעוּ כָל־עֲצָתִי

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (Waltke):

you flout all my counsel

Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):

וַתִּפְרְעוּ () : consecutive ו (waw) + Qal imperfect 2 m.p. of פָּרַע (pāraʿ) : you disregard.
כָל (kol) : construct of כֹּל (kōl) : all.
עֲצָתִי () : noun עֵצָה () + pronominal 1 c.s. suffix : my counsel.

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Proverbs 1:25b

Text (BHS):

וְתוֹכַחְתִּי לֹא אֲבִיתֶם

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (Waltke):

and to my rebuke you do not consent

Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):

וְתוֹכַחְתִּי () : conjunction וְ (wᵉ) + noun תּוֹכַחַת (tōkaḥat) + pronominal 1 c.s. suffix : and my reproof.
לֹא (lōʾ) : factual, stated negation: not.
אֲבִיתֶם () : Qal perfect 2 m.p. of אָבָה () : you accept (Holladay).

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Proverbs 1:26a

Text (BHS):

גַּם־אֲנִי בְּאֵידְכֶם אֶשְׂחָק

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (Waltke):

I* in turn will laugh when your disaster** happens.***

*The pronoun expresses emphatic self-assertion (IBHS
**This is preferable to "at your disaster" found in most English versions because "to laugh at" is normally expressed by śāḥaq + lᵉ, ʿal, not bᵉ as here (= "in your disaster").
***Literally, "in your disaster."

Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):

גַּם (gam) : in turn.
אֲנִי () : emphatic personal pronoun 1 c.s. : I.
אֶשְׂחָק (ʾeśḥāq) : Qal imperfect 1 c.s. of שָׂחַק (śāḥaq) : will laugh.
בְּאֵידְכֶם () : preposition בְּ (bᵉ) + noun אֵיד () + pronominal 2 m.p. suffix : in your disaster.

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Proverbs 1:26b

Text (BHS):

אֶלְעַג בְּבֹא פַחְדְּכֶם

Transliteration (Accordance):

ʾelʿag bᵉbōʾ paḥdᵉkem

Translation (Waltke):

I will scoff when your calamity comes ―

Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):

אֶלְעַג (ʾelʿag) : Qal imperfect 1 c.s. of לָעַג (lāʿag) : I will scoff.
בְּבֹא (bᵉbōʾ) : preposition בְּ (bᵉ) + Qal infinitive construct of בּוֹא () : when ... comes.
פַחְדְּכֶם (paḥdᵉkem) : noun פַּחַד (paḥad) + pronominal 2 m.p. suffix : your calamity.*

*Delitzsch: פַחְדְּכֶם is not that for which they are in terror, ― for those who are addressed are in the condition of carnal security, ― but that which, in the midst of this, will frighten and alarm them.

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Proverbs 1:27a

Text (BHS):

בְּבֹא כְשַׁאֲוָה [כְ][שׁוֹאָה] פַּחְדְּכֶם

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (Waltke):

― when your calamity comes like a storm*

*Qere fits a known Hebrew nominal pattern; Kethib was caused by the common scribal error of metathesis.

Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):

בְּבֹא (bᵉbōʾ) : preposition בְּ (bᵉ) + Qal infinitive construct of בּוֹא () : when ... comes.
פַּחְדְּכֶם (paḥdᵉkem) : noun פַּחַד (paḥad) + pronominal 2 m.p. suffix : your calamity.
כְשׁוֹאָה () : preposition כְ (kᵉ) + noun שׁוֹאָה () : like a storm.

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Proverbs 1:27b

Text (BHS):

וְאֵידְכֶם כְּסוּפָה יֶאֱתֶה

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (Waltke):

and like a whirlwind your disaster arrives

Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):

וְאֵידְכֶם () : conjunction וְ (wᵉ) + noun אֵיד () + pronominal 2 m.p. suffix : and your disaster.
כְּסוּפָה () : preposition כְּ (kᵉ) + noun סוּפָה () : like a windstorm.
יֶאֱתֶה (yeʾᵉteh) : Qal imperfect 3 m.s. of אָתָה () : arrives.

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Proverbs 1:27c

Text (BHS):

בְּבֹא עֲלֵיכֶם צָרָה וְצוּקָה

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (Waltke):

when distress and anguish comes upon you.

Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):

בְּבֹא (bᵉbōʾ) : preposition בְּ (bᵉ) + Qal infinitive construct of בּוֹא () : when ... comes.
עֲלֵיכֶם () : preposition עַל (ʿal) + pronominal 2 m.p. suffix : upon you.
צָרָה () : distress.
וְצוּקָה () : conjunction וְ (wᵉ) + noun צוּקָה () : and anguish.

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Proverbs 1:28a

Text (BHS):

אָז יִקְרָאֻנְנִי וְלֹא אֶעֱנֶה

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (ESV):

Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer

Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):

אָז (ʾāz) : adverb : then.
יִקְרָאֻנְנִי () : Qal imperfect 3 m.p. of קָרָא (qārāʾ) + pronominal 1 c.s. suffix : they will call out to me (Waltke).
וְלֹא (wᵉlōʾ) : conjunction וְ (wᵉ) + negation לֹא (lōʾ) : but not.
אֶעֱנֶה (ʾeʿᵉneh) : Qal imperfect 1 c.s. of עָנָה () : I will answer.

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Proverbs 1:28b

Text (BHS):

יְשַׁחֲרֻנְנִי וְלֹא יִמְצָאֻנְנִי

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (ESV):

they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):

יְשַׁחֲרֻנְנִי () : Piel imperfect 3 m.p. of שָׁחַר () : they will seek me diligently.
וְלֹא (wᵉlōʾ) : conjunction וְ (wᵉ) + negation לֹא (lōʾ) : but not.
יִמְצָאֻנְנִי () : Qal imperfect 3 c.p. of מָצָא (māṣāʾ) + pronominal 1 c.s. suffix : they will find me.

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Proverbs 1:29a

Text (BHS):

תַּחַת כִּי־שָׂנְאוּ דָעַת

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (ESV):

Because they hated knowledge

Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):

תַּחַת כִּי () : rare compound phrase because (Waltke).
שָׂנְאוּ () : Qal perfect 3 c.p. of שָׂנֵא (śānēʾ) : they hated.
דָעַת (dāʿat) : pausal vocalization of דַּעַת (daʿat) : knowledge.

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Proverbs 1:29b

Text (BHS):

וְיִרְאַת יְהוָֹה לֹא בָחָרוּ

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (ESV):

and did not choose the fear of the LORD

Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):

וְיִרְאַת (wᵉyirʾat) : conjunction וְ (wᵉ) + construct of יָרֵא (yārēʾ) : and the fear of.
יְהוָֹה (YHWH) : proper name : Yahweh/the LORD.
לֹא (lōʾ) : negation : not.
בָחָרוּ () : Qal perfect 3 c.p. pausal of בָּחַר (bāḥar) : they chose.

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Proverbs 1:30a

Text (BHS):

לֹא־אָבוּ לַעֲצָתִי

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (Waltke):

They did not consent to my advice

Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):

לֹא (lōʾ) : factual, stated negation: not.
אָבוּ () : Qal perfect 3 c.p. of אָבָה () : they consented.
לַעֲצָתִי () : preposition לְ (lᵉ) + noun עֵצָה () + pronominal 1 c.s. suffix : to my advice.

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Proverbs 1:30b

Text (BHS):

נָאֲצוּ כָּל־תּוֹכַחְתִּי

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (Waltke):

they spurned my every rebuke

Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):

נָאֲצוּ () : Qal perfect 3 c.p. of נָאַץ (nāʾaṣ) : they spurned.
כָּל (kol) : construct of כֹּל (kōl) : all.
תּוֹכַחְתִּי () : noun תּוֹכַחַת (tōkaḥat) + pronominal 1 c.s. suffix : my rebuke.

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Proverbs 1:31a

Text (BHS):

וְיֹאכְלוּ מִפְּרִי דַרְכָּם

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (Waltke):

and so* they will eat from the fruit of their way

*IBHS

Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):

וְיֹאכְלוּ () : conjunction וְ (wᵉ) + Qal imperfect 3 m.p. of אָכַל (ʾākal) : and so they will eat.
מִפְּרִי () : preposition מֵן (min) + construct of פְּרִי () : from the fruit of.
דַרְכָּם (darkām) : noun דֶּרֶךְ (derek) + pronominal 3 m.p. suffix : their way.

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Proverbs 1:31b

Text (BHS):

וּמִמֹּעֲצֹתֵיהֶם יִשְׂבָּעוּ

Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (Waltke):

and from their schemes they will be filled.

Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):

וּמִמֹּעֲצֹתֵיהֶם () : conjunction וּ () + preposition מִן (min) + plural of מוֹעֵצָה () + pronominal 3 m.p. suffix : and from their schemes.
יִשְׂבָּעוּ () : Qal imperfect 3 m.p. pausal of שָׂבַע (śābaʿ) : they will be sated.