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Proverbs 17:16 Interlinear

“ Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom seeing he hath no heart ”

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Proverbs 17 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	לָמָּה	H4100		properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
2	זֶּ֣ה	H2088		the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
3	מְחִ֣יר	H4242	Wherefore is there a price	price, payment, wages
4	בְּיַד	H3027	in the hand	a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
5	כְּסִ֑יל	H3684	of a fool	properly, fat, i.e., (figuratively) stupid or silly
6	לִקְנ֖וֹת	H7069	to get	to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
7	חָכְמָ֣ה	H2451	wisdom	wisdom (in a good sense)
8	וְלֶב	H3820	seeing he hath no heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
9	אָֽיִן׃	H369		a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle

Proverbs 17:16 (current) Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom seeing he hath no heart