| NASB © | Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Definition | Origin | | Dead | מָ֔וֶת | ma·vet, | 4194 | death | from muth |
| flies | זְב֣וּבֵי | ze·vu·vei | 2070 | a fly | from an unused word |
| make a perfumer's | רֹוקֵ֑חַ | ro·v·ke·ach; | 7543 | to mix or compound oil or ointment | a prim. root |
| oil | שֶׁ֣מֶן | she·men | 8081 | fat, oil | from shamen |
| stink, | יַבְאִ֥ישׁ | yav·'ish | 887 | to have a bad smell, to stink | a prim. root |
| so a little | מְעָֽט׃ | me·'at. | 4592 | a little, fewness, a few | from maat |
| foolishness | סִכְל֥וּת | sich·lut | 5531 | folly | from sakal |
| is weightier | יָקָ֛ר | ya·kar | 3368 | precious, rare, splendid, weighty | from yaqar |
| than | | | 4480 | from | a prim. preposition |
| wisdom | מֵחָכְמָ֥ה | me·cha·che·mah | 2451 | wisdom | from chakam |
| [and] honor. | מִכָּבֹ֖וד | mik·ka·vo·vd | 3519b | abundance, honor, glory | from kabad |
| KJV Lexicon Dead maveth (maw'-veth) death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d). flies zbuwb (zeb-oob') a fly (especially one of a stinging nature) -- fly. cause the ointment shemen (sheh'-men) grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness -- anointing, fat (things), fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, + pine. of the apothecary raqach (raw-kakh') to perfume -- apothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice. to send forth naba` (naw-bah') to gush forth; figuratively, to utter (good or bad words); specifically, to emit (a foul odor) -- belch out, flowing, pour out, send forth, utter (abundantly). a stinking savour ba'ash (baw-ash') to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally -- (make to) be abhorred (had in abomination, loathsome, odious), (cause a, make to) stink(-ing savour), utterly. so doth a little m`at (meh-at') a little or few (often adverbial or compar.) -- almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, very. folly cikluwth (sik-looth') silliness -- folly, foolishness. him that is in reputation yaqar (yaw-kawr') valuable (obj. or subj.) -- brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation. for wisdom chokmah (khok-maw') wisdom (in a good sense) -- skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit. and honour kabowd (kaw-bode') weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness -- glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able). |