Proverbs

Proverbs 1:20–22

²⁰Wisdom calls out in the street,

she lifts her voice in the square;

²¹in the main concourse^c she cries aloud,

at the city gates she makes her speech:

²²“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways?

How long will scoffers delight in their scorn

and fools hate knowledge?

Footnotes

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Wisdom	חָ֭כְמוֹת	ḥā·ḵə·mō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H2451 wisdom
calls out	תָּרֹ֑נָּה	tā·rōn·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H7442 give a ringing cry
in the street	בַּח֣וּץ	ba·ḥūṣ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2351 the outside
she lifts	תִּתֵּ֥ן	tit·tên	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5414 give, put, set
her voice	קוֹלָֽהּ׃	qō·w·lāh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H6963 sound, voice
in the square	בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹת	bā·rə·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H7339 broad open place, plaza

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
in the main	בְּרֹ֥אשׁ	bə·rōš	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H7218 head
concourse	הֹמִיּ֗וֹת	hō·mî·yō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural	H1993 murmur, growl, roar, be boisterous
she cries aloud	תִּ֫קְרָ֥א	tiq·rā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
at the city	בָּעִ֗יר	bā·‘îr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
gates	שְׁעָרִ֥ים	šə·‘ā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H8179 gate
she makes	תֹאמֵֽר׃	ṯō·mêr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
her speech	אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ	’ă·mā·re·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H561 something said

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
How	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
long	מָתַ֣י׀	mā·ṯay	Interrogative	H4970 when?
O simple ones	פְּתָיִם֮	pə·ṯā·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H6612 simple
will you love	תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּ	tə·’ê·hă·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H157 love
your simple	פֶ֥תִי	p̄e·ṯî	Noun - masculine singular	H6612 simple
How long will scoffers	וְלֵצִ֗ים	wə·lê·ṣîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H3887 scorn
delight	חָמְד֣וּ	ḥā·mə·ḏū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2530 desire, take pleasure in
in their scorn	לָ֭צוֹן	lā·ṣō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H3944 scorning
and fools	וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים	ū·ḵə·sî·lîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H3684 stupid fellow, dullard, fool
hate	יִשְׂנְאוּ־	yiś·nə·’ū-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8130 hate
knowledge	דָֽעַת׃	ḏā·‘aṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H1847 knowledge

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 1:20 Proverbs 9:3 · Colossians 2:3 · Luke 11:49 · Proverbs 8:1–5 · 1 Corinthians 1:24 · Matthew 13:54 · 1 Corinthians 1:30 · John 7:37

Proverbs 1:21 Acts 5:20 · Matthew 10:27 · Proverbs 9:3 · Matthew 13:2 · John 18:20

Proverbs 1:22 Proverbs 1:29 · 2 Peter 3:3 · Psalm 1:1 · John 3:20 · Proverbs 5:12 · Matthew 9:13 · Luke 19:42 · Matthew 11:29–30 · Revelation 22:17 · Proverbs 6:9 · Proverbs 21:11 · Proverbs 19:29

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.