Original Language Studio
Proverbs 19:3
“The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אִוֶּלֶתʼivveleth · iv-veh'-leth
H200 · Hebrew
H200 · Hebrew
- Definition
- silliness
- Derivation
- from the same as H191 (אֱוִיל);
- KJV renderings
- folly, foolishly(-ness).
- Grammar
- אִוֶּ֣לֶת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 25 times in the Hebrew Bible.Psalms 38:6Psalms 69:6Proverbs 5:23Proverbs 12:23Proverbs 13:16
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אִוֶּלֶת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.