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Proverbs 16:16
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📖 King James Version

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

🔤 Interlinear Analysis — Hebrew (BDB)

# Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Translation Definition
1 קְֽנֹה קָנָה H7069 HVqc קָנָה a primitive root; to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own: attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, X surely, X verily.
2 חָכְמָ֗ה חָכְמָה H2451 HNcfsa חָכְמָה from חָכַם; wisdom (in a good sense): skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
3 מַה מָה H4100 HTi מָה or mah; or ma; or ma; also meh; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses: how (long, oft, (- soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
4 טּ֥וֹב טוֹב H2896 HAamsa טוֹב from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well): beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
5 מֵ/חָר֑וּץ חָרוּץ H2742 HR/Ncmsa חָרוּץ or charuts; passive participle of חָרַץ; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager: decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
6 וּ/קְנ֥וֹת קָנָה H7069 HC/Vqc קָנָה a primitive root; to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own: attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, X surely, X verily.
7 בִּ֝ינָ֗ה בִּינָה H998 HNcfsa בִּינָה from בִּין; understanding: knowledge, meaning, X perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
8 נִבְחָ֥ר בָּחַר H977 HVNrmsa בָּחַר a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
9 מִ/כָּֽסֶף כָּ֫סֶפ H3701 HR/Ncmsa כָּ֫סֶפ from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money: money, price, silver(-ling).