Proverbs

Proverbs 22:15

¹⁵Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child,

but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Foolishness	אִ֭וֶּלֶת	’iw·we·leṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H200 folly
bound up	קְשׁוּרָ֣ה	qə·šū·rāh	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular	H7194 bind, league together, conspire
in the heart	בְלֶב־	ḇə·leḇ-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
of a child	נָ֑עַר	nā·‘ar	Noun - masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
the rod	שֵׁ֥בֶט	šê·ḇeṭ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7626 rod, staff, club, sceptre
of discipline	מ֝וּסָ֗ר	mū·sār	Noun - masculine singular	H4148 discipline
drives it far	יַרְחִיקֶ֥נָּה	yar·ḥî·qen·nāh	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H7368 be, or become, far, distant
from him	מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃	mim·men·nū	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.