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Proverbs 22:15 Interlinear

“Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child but the rod of correction shall drive it far ”

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Proverbs 22 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אִ֭וֶּלֶת	H200	Foolishness	silliness
2	קְשׁוּרָ֣ה	H7194	is bound	to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)
3	בְלֶב	H3820	in the heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
4	נָ֑עַר	H5288	of a child	(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
5	שֵׁ֥בֶט	H7626	but the rod	a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
6	מ֝וּסָ֗ר	H4148	of correction	properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
7	יַרְחִיקֶ֥נָּה	H7368	shall drive it far	to widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
8	מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃	H4480		properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

Proverbs 22:15 (current)Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child but the rod of correction shall drive it far