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Proverbs 26:1

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noun; gender masculine; number singular; state absolute.כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶגsnow crystal illustration ׀ noun; gender masculine; number singular; state absolute.בַּקַּ֗יִץsummer sun illustration noun; gender masculine; number singular; state absolute.וְכַמָּטָ֥רrain cloud illustration noun; gender masculine; number singular; state absolute.בַּקָּצִ֑ירharvest wheat illustration particle; gender not applicable; number not applicable; state not applicable.כֵּ֤ןmatching leaves illustration particle; gender not applicable; number not applicable; state not applicable.לֹאnegation sign illustration־adjective; gender masculine; number singular; state absolute.נָאוֶ֖הfitted wood joint illustration adjective; gender masculine; number singular; state absolute.לִכְסִ֣ילman refusing to listen illustration noun; gender common; number singular; state absolute.כָּבֽוֹדhonor wreath illustration׃
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Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

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An imaginative countryside scene with incongruous snow, rain, harvest and an oversized wreath.
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כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶגH7950 ↗Open verified lemma entry

Traditional Root relationship שׁלג

noun; gender masculine; number singular; state absolute

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like (the) snow

App-authored learning gloss

Preposition with definite article + noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute

Pronunciation note /kaˈʃeleg/

Stress the syllable she: ka-SHE-leg. The prefixed ka is part of this spoken word.

Israeli Hebrew · IPA draft, awaiting pronunciation review.

OSHB Hebrew Lexicon · H7950 ↗OSHB accents ↗

Traditional lexical relationship, not a claim about historical origin. Strong's derives H7950 from H7949 but describes H7949 as used only as a denominative from H7950, so the direction is uncertain. The OSHB Lexical Index files both words under one root.

OSHB codes the prefix Rd: the inseparable preposition is pointed to show the definite article. A paseq follows this word.

OSHB: HRd/Ncmsa

בַּקַּ֗יִץH7019 ↗Open verified lemma entry

Traditional Root relationship קיץ

noun; gender masculine; number singular; state absolute

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in (the) summer

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Preposition with definite article + noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute

Pronunciation note /baˈkajit͡s/

Stress ka: ba-KA-yits. The final ts is one consonant sound.

Israeli Hebrew · IPA draft, awaiting pronunciation review.

OSHB Hebrew Lexicon · H7019 ↗OSHB accents ↗

Traditional lexical relationship, not a claim about historical origin. Strong's derives H7019 from H6972 but describes H6972 as used only as a denominative from H7019, so the direction is uncertain. The OSHB Lexical Index spells the root with yod, while Strong's spells the H6972 headword with vav.

OSHB codes the prefix Rd: the inseparable preposition is pointed to show the definite article.

OSHB: HRd/Ncmsa

וְכַמָּטָ֥רH4306 ↗Open verified lemma entry

Traditional Root relationship מטר

noun; gender masculine; number singular; state absolute

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and like (the) rain

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Conjunction + preposition with definite article + noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute

Pronunciation note /vexamaˈtaʁ/

Stress the last syllable: ve-kha-ma-TAR. Here kh represents the sound of the undotted kaf.

Israeli Hebrew · IPA draft, awaiting pronunciation review.

OSHB Hebrew Lexicon · H4306 ↗OSHB accents ↗

Traditional lexical relationship, not a claim about historical origin. Strong's derives the noun H4306 from the verb H4305. The OSHB Lexical Index runs the other way: the noun is the main entry of the root and the verb is filed under it.

OSHB codes the prefixes C and Rd: the conjunction, then the inseparable preposition pointed to show the definite article. Both pinned lexicon files point the headword with patah under the tet, while this verse has qamats and Strong's pronunciation reads maw-tawr'. The source spelling is kept unchanged.

OSHB: HC/Rd/Ncmsa

בַּקָּצִ֑ירH7105a ↗Open verified lemma entry

Traditional Root relationship קצר

noun; gender masculine; number singular; state absolute

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at (the) harvest

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Preposition with definite article + noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute

Pronunciation note /bakaˈt͡siʁ/

Stress the last syllable: ba-ka-TSIR. The qamats here is read a in this Israeli Hebrew trial.

Israeli Hebrew · IPA draft, awaiting pronunciation review.

OSHB Hebrew Lexicon · H7105 ↗OSHB accents ↗

Traditional lexical relationship, not a claim about historical origin. Strong's derives H7105 from H7114, and the OSHB Lexical Index files this word under the same root.

OSHB codes the prefix Rd: the inseparable preposition is pointed to show the definite article. The augmented lemma 7105 a selects the harvesting sense (Lexical Index lkv); 7105 b, boughs, is a separate homograph that Strong's merges into H7105.

OSHB: HRd/Ncmsa

כֵּ֤ןH3651c ↗Open verified lemma entry

Unresolved Root relationship —

particle; gender not applicable; number not applicable; state not applicable

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Meaning & morphology

so

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Particle, demonstrative

Pronunciation note /ken/

One syllable, with an e vowel.

Israeli Hebrew · IPA draft, awaiting pronunciation review.

OSHB Hebrew Lexicon · H3651 ↗OSHB accents ↗

Not assigned. Strong's treats H3651 as one entry derived from H3559. The OSHB Lexical Index splits it into homographs: the one used here (3651 c, so) has no root, while 3651 a (right) is filed under the root of H3559.

OSHB parses this word as a demonstrative particle (Tm), while Strong's heading labels H3651 an adverb. The verse-specific parse is used.

OSHB: HTm

לֹאH3808 ↗Open verified lemma entry

Not applicable Root relationship —

particle; gender not applicable; number not applicable; state not applicable

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not

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Particle, negative

Pronunciation note /lo/

The final alef has no separate vowel here. Maqqef joins this word to the next one in the source.

Israeli Hebrew · IPA draft, awaiting pronunciation review.

OSHB Hebrew Lexicon · H3808 ↗OSHB accents ↗

No root. Strong's calls H3808 a primitive particle, and the OSHB Lexical Index assigns it none.

OSHB parses this word as a negative particle (Tn). A maqqef joins it to the next word.

OSHB: HTn

נָאוֶ֖הH5000 ↗Open verified lemma entry

Unresolved Root relationship —

adjective; gender masculine; number singular; state absolute

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Meaning & morphology

fitting

App-authored learning gloss

Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute

Pronunciation note /naˈve/

Final vowel e, with final stress: na-VEH. The segol under vav is e; this adjective is not read na-VAH. The IPA uses an Israeli Hebrew reading.

Israeli Hebrew · IPA draft, awaiting pronunciation review.

OSHB Hebrew Lexicon · H5000 ↗OSHB accents ↗

Not assigned. Strong's derives H5000 from H4998 or H5116. The OSHB Lexical Index files it under the root of H4998, but this lesson does not treat either derivation as certain.

OSHB parses this word as an adjective (Aamsa), as does Strong's heading for H5000.

OSHB: HAamsa

לִכְסִ֣ילH3684 ↗Open verified lemma entry

Traditional Root relationship כסל

adjective; gender masculine; number singular; state absolute

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for a fool

App-authored learning gloss

Preposition + adjective, masculine, singular, absolute

Pronunciation note /lixˈsil/

Stress the last syllable: likh-SIL. The prefixed li belongs to the spoken word; kh is the undotted kaf sound.

Israeli Hebrew · IPA draft, awaiting pronunciation review.

OSHB Hebrew Lexicon · H3684 ↗OSHB accents ↗

Traditional lexical relationship, not a claim about historical origin. Strong's derives H3684 from H3688, and the OSHB Lexical Index files this word under the same root.

OSHB parses this word as an adjective in this verse (HR/Aamsa), although the Strong's and Lexical Index headings list H3684 as a noun. The verse-specific parse is used.

OSHB: HR/Aamsa

כָּבֽוֹדH3519 ↗Open verified lemma entry

Traditional Root relationship כבד

noun; gender common; number singular; state absolute

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honor

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Noun, common, gender both, singular, absolute

Pronunciation note /kaˈvod/

Read ka-VOD. This qamats is a, unlike the o of qamats qatan in kol. The final stress is on vod.

Israeli Hebrew · IPA draft, awaiting pronunciation review.

OSHB Hebrew Lexicon · H3519 ↗OSHB accents ↗

Traditional lexical relationship, not a claim about historical origin. Strong's derives H3519 from H3513, and the OSHB Lexical Index files this word under the same root.

OSHB gender code b means both; the lesson shows it as common, not masculine-only, although Strong's heading lists H3519 as masculine. Sof pasuq ends the verse.

OSHB: HNcbsa

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כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג ׀ בַּקַּ֗יִץ וְכַמָּטָ֥ר בַּקָּצִ֑יר כֵּ֤ן לֹא־נָאוֶ֖ה לִכְסִ֣יל כָּבֽוֹד׃

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Original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb. Lexical files: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project. Morphology and lexical files are used under CC BY 4.0 and adapted here into word spans, grammar cues and source notes. The Hebrew text is public domain. No endorsement is implied.

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