“Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?”
Proverbs 17:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Proverbs 17:169 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ/מָּהlāmāh
why?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
זֶּ֣הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
מְחִ֣ירməḥiyr
is a pricenounH4242
hire · price · sold · worth
בְּ/יַדbəyad
in the hand ofpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
כְּסִ֑ילkəsiyl
a fooladjH3684
לִ/קְנ֖וֹתliqənwōt
to acquirepronH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
חָכְמָ֣הḥākəmāh
wisdomnounH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
וְ/לֶבwəleb
and is heartconjH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
אָֽיִןʾāyin
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.