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title: פְּתִי — simplicity · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּתִי (lemma:פְּתִי), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: simplicity. BDB 1906: n.f. simplicity. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּתִי

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«פְּתִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **simplicity** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:פְּתִי · **BDB:** פְּתִי

### Glosses

naiveté (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

simplicity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5ea_5b4_5d9/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. simplicity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5ea_5b4_5d9/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. simplicity (i.e. lack of wisdom), עַד־מָתַי פְּתָיִם תְּאֵהֲבוּ־פֶ֑תִי Pr 1:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּתִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5ea_5b4_5d9/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 1:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.22/)

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עַד־מָתַ֣י ׀ פְּתָיִם֮ תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּ פֶ֥תִי וְלֵצִ֗ים לָ֭צוֹן חָמְד֣וּ לָהֶ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים יִשְׂנְאוּ־דָֽעַת׃

*Word for word:* until when? O.naive.people will.you.love naiveté and mockers mockery do.they.delight.in? (for themselves and fools will.they.hate? knowledge

*JPS 1917:* 'How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

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