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Proverbs 20:14

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Masoretic Text 1524

H7451 It is naught רע

H7451 it is naught רע

H559 saith יאמר

H7069 the buyer הקונה

H235 but when he is gone his way ואזל

H227 then לו אז

H1984 he boasteth יתהלל׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H7451 naught

H559 saith

the

H7069 buyer

but

when

gone

his

H235 way

H227 then

H1984 boasteth

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H1984

Hebrew: הָלַל

Transliteration: hâlal

Pronunciation: haw-lal'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: (make) boast ({self}) {celebrate} {commend} ({deal} {make}) fool ({-ish} {-ly}) {glory} give {[light]} be ({make} feign self) mad ({against}) give in {marriage} {[sing} be worthy of] {praise} {rage} {renowned} shine.

Definition:

to be clear (originally of {sound} but usually of color); to shine; hence to make a show; to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively to celebrate; also to stultify

1. to shine

a. (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour)

b. (Hiphil) to flash forth light

2. to praise, boast, be boastful

a. (Qal)

1. to be boastful

2. boastful ones, boasters (participle)

b. (Piel)

1. to praise

2. to boast, make a boast

c. (Pual)

1. to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise

d. (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast

e. (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool

f. (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906