PRO 17

Proverbs 17:1

WEB

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

BSB

Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

KJV

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

Hebrew interlinear

בָ֑הּvahprep + suffix · pronominal · 3rd · fem · sing

H2896

טוֹבṭôwb/tobe/

a n-m n-f — good

Derivation: from 2895;

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)

KJV: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, × fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).

טוֹב

n.m — a good thing

טוֹב n.m. a good thing, benefit, welfare

1. welfare, prosperity, happiness

2. good things

3. good = benefit

4. moral good

טוֹב

adj — pleasant

טוֹב adj. pleasant, agreeable, good

1. pleasant, agreeable to the senses

2. pleasant to the higher nature, giving pleasure, happiness, prosperity, and so agreeable, pleasing, well

3. good, excellent, of its kind

4. good, rich, valuable in estimation

5. good, appropriate, becoming

6. c. מִן compar. = better

7. of man's sensuous nature, glad, happy, prosperous

8. of man's intellectual nature, good understanding

9. good, kind, benign

10. good (ethical), right

טוֹבָה

n.f — welfare

טוֹבָה n.f. welfare, benefit, good things, good

1. welfare, prosperity, happiness

2. good things

3. bounty, good

H6595

פַּתpath/path/

n-f — bit

Derivation: from 6626;

a bit

KJV: meat, morsel, piece.

פַּת

n.f — fragment

פַּת n.f. fragment, bit, morsel of bread

פָּתוֹת

n.[m.] — bit

[פָּתוֹת] n.[m.] id. [q.eg.ab];—pl.cstr. Ez 13:19.

H2720

חָרֵבchârêb/khaw-rabe'/

a — parched, ruined

Derivation: from 2717;

parched or ruined

KJV: desolate, dry, waste.

חָרֵב

adj — dry

[חָרֵב] adj. dry

חָרֵב

adj — waste

חָרֵב adj. waste, desolate

H7962

שַׁלְוָהshalvâh/shal-vaw'/

n-f — security

Derivation: from 7951;

security (genuine or false)

KJV: abundance, peace(-ably), prosperity, quietness.

שַׁלְוָה

n.f — quietness

שַׁלְוָה n.f. quietness, ease

H1004

בַּיִתbayith/bah'-yith/

n-m — a house

Derivation: probably from 1129 abbreviated;

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

KJV: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, × great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).

בֵּית

prep — between

בֵּית fem. of בַּיִן, בֵּין prep. between

בַּ֫יִת

n.m — house

בַּ֫יִת 2034 n.m. house

1. house

2. place

3. receptacle

4. of house as containing a family

5. household, family (592 t.)

6. house, including household affairs

7. lit. housewards, hence metaph. inwards

8. מִבַּיִת

a. adv. on the inside

b. prep. within

H4392

מָלֵאmâlêʼ/maw-lay'/

a — full, filling, fulness, fully

Derivation: from 4390;

full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully

KJV: × she that was with child, fill(-ed, -ed with), full(-ly), multitude, as is worth.

מָלֵא

adj — full

מָלֵא adj. full

H2077

זֶבַחzebach/zeh'-bakh/

n-m — slaughter, flesh, sacrifice

Derivation: from 2076;

properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

KJV: offer(-ing), sacrifice.

זֶ֫בַח

n.m — sacrifice

זֶ֫בַח 162 n.m. sacrifice

I. general name for all sacrifices eaten at feasts

1. of the God of Israel

2. of other deities

II. there are several kinds which are gradually distinguished

1. the covenant sacrifice, between Jacob and Laban

2. the passover

3. annual sacrifice

4. thank offering

5. in ritual of H & P

6. the slaughter of hostile nations

7. the verb used

H7379

רִיבrîyb/reeb/

n-m — contest

Derivation: or רִב; from 7378;

a contest (personal or legal)

KJV: adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.

רִיב

n.m — strife

רִיב 62 n.m. strife, dispute

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