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title: אֱוִיל — foolish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱוִיל (191), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 26 times: foolish. BDB 1906: adj. foolish n.m. fool. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱוִיל

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«אֱוִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **foolish** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 26 times · **Key:** 191 · **BDB:** אֱוִיל

### Glosses

a.fool (9); fools (6); of.a.fool (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

foolish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/191/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. foolish n.m. fool [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/191/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. foolish—א׳ Jb 5:2 +; pl. אֱוִילִים ψ 107:17 +, etc.;—foolish, Pr 29:9 (אִישׁ א׳) Ho 9:7 (pred. of prophet); cf. Is 35:8, elsewhere n.m. fool (always morally bad), who despises wisdom \& discipline Pr 1:7; 15:5; mocks at guilt 14:9; is quarrelsome 20:3; licentious 7:22; it is folly \& useless to instruct him 16:22; 27:22 (19 times Pr); cf. also Je 4:22; Jb 5:2, 3; Is 19:11 ψ 107:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (26 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (20 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֱוִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/191/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 14:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.9/)

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אֱ֭וִלִים יָלִ֣יץ אָשָׁ֑ם וּבֵ֖ין יְשָׁרִ֣ים רָצֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* fools he.mocks guilt and.\[is\] between upright.\[people\] favor

*JPS 1917:* Amends pleadeth for fools; but among the upright there is good will.

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[Proverbs 10:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.8/)

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חֲכַם־לֵ֭ב יִקַּ֣ח מִצְוֺ֑ת וֶאֱוִ֥יל שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יִלָּבֵֽט׃

*Word for word:* a.\[person\].wise of.heart he.accepts commandments and a.fool of.lips he.will.be.ruined

*JPS 1917:* The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.

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