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Proverbs 17:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H4100 Wherefore למה

H2088 זה

H4242 is there a price מחיר

H3027 in the hand ביד

H3684 of a fool כסיל

H7069 to get לקנות

H2451 wisdom חכמה

H3820 heart ולב

H369 seeing he hath no אין׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H4100 Wherefore

there

H4242 price

the

H3027 hand

H3684 fool

H7069 get

H2451 wisdom

seeing

hath

H369 no

H3820 heart

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7069

Hebrew: קָנָה

Transliteration: qânâh

Pronunciation: kaw-naw'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {attain} buy ({-er}) teach to keep {cattle} {get} provoke to {jealousy} possess ({-or}) {purchase} {recover} {redeem} X-(idiom) {surely} X-(idiom) verily.

Definition:

to {erect} that {is} create; by extension to {procure} especially by purchase (causatively sell); by implication to own

1. to get, acquire, create, buy, possess

a. (Qal)

1. to get, acquire, obtain 1a

b. of God originating, creating, redeeming His people 1a

1. possessor 1a

c. of Eve acquiring 1a

d. of acquiring knowledge, wisdom

1. to buy

e. (Niphal) to be bought

f. (Hiphil) to cause to possess

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906